US 6,982,032 B2 | ||
Apparatus and method for biological treatment of environmental contaminants and waste | ||
Jon Shaffer, Huntington, N.Y. (US); Jack Fernandes, Setauket, N.Y. (US); and John Lucido, Rocky Point, N.Y. (US) | ||
Assigned to Aqua-Nova LLC, Melville, N.Y. (US) | ||
Filed on Jan. 08, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/43,056. | ||
Claims priority of provisional application 60/260586, filed on Jan. 09, 2001. | ||
Prior Publication US 2002/0179525 A1, Dec. 05, 2002 | ||
Int. Cl. C02F 3/34 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 210—101 | 28 Claims |
1. An apparatus for delivering microorganisms to an environment to be treated, comprising:
a bioreactor comprising an output tube to the environment to be treated;
a nutrient container comprising a mixture of inorganic and organic nutrients;
a nutrient pumping means for pumping inorganic and organic nutrients from the nutrient container to the bioreactor, the nutrient
pumping means is in fluid communication with the nutrient container and the bioreactor, and
a water pumping means for pumping water into the bioreactor, the water pumping means is in fluid communication with the bioreactor
and a water source wherein the water pumped into the bioreactor displaces fluid out of the output tube of the bioreactor to
the environment to be treated.
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