ReturnTo Theme-Group-Choice | Onelevelup |
4D059 | TREATMENT OF SLUDGE | |
C02F11/00 -11/20 |
C02F11/00-11/20 | AA | AA00 SLUDGE |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | AA10 |
. Human waste or dung or urine (AA02 takes precedence) | . Sludge from septic tanks | . Sludge from water treatment | . . Primary sedimentation sludge | . . Surplus sludge | . . Flocculation sedimentation sludge | . Garbage or organic waste material (AA01-AA06 AA10 take precedence) | . . Waste material from livestock or fishery industry processing | . Earth and sand or dredged mud | . Sludge containing oil | |||
AA11 | AA12 | AA13 | AA14 | AA15 | AA16 | AA17 | AA18 | AA19 | ||||
. Sludge containing heavy metals * | . . containing mercury | . . containing chromium | . . containing cadmium | . . Mineral residues | . Red mud | . Sludge containing cyanogen | . Sludge containing halogen | . Sludge containing phosphorus | ||||
AA21 | AA22 | AA23 | AA30 | |||||||||
. Radioactive sludge | . Acidic sludge | . Digested sludge | . Others * | |||||||||
BA | BA00 BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | BA06 | BA07 | BA08 | BA09 | ||
. Aerobic treatment | . . Multi-step treatment | . . performing forced aeration | . . . performing intermittent aeration | . . . using gases in circulation | . . . characterised by structure of means for ventilation | . . . using suction means | . . . characterised by arrangement of means for ventilation | . . Aerobic treatment other than fermentation | ||||
BA11 | BA12 | BA13 | BA14 | BA15 | BA16 | BA17 | BA18 | |||||
. Anaerobic treatment | . . Methane fermentation | . . . Multiple steps of fermentation | . . . Purification of produced methane | . . . . Desulfurisation | . . . . Decarbonation | . . . Storage of produced methane | . . . . Water tanks disposed in gas holders | |||||
BA21 | BA22 | BA23 | BA24 | BA25 | BA26 | BA27 | BA28 | BA29 | ||||
. Pre-treatment | . Use of specific microorganisms * | . . Lactic acid bacteria | . . Yeast | . Inoculation concentration or recovery of microorganisms | . Use of enzymes | . Use of carriers | . Activating treatment of microorganisms | . Use of fermentation accelerators | ||||
BA31 | BA32 | BA33 | BA34 | |||||||||
. Combination of aerobic and anaerobic treatment | . . integrating aerobic treatment tanks and anaerobic treatment tanks | . Use of soil | . After-treatment | |||||||||
BA41 | BA42 | BA43 | BA44 | BA45 | BA46 | BA47 | BA48 | BA49 | BA50 | |||
. Packed beds | . Open-top tanks | . . Filter bed structure | . Use of turning means | . Use of scraping and levelling means | . Drums being set in nearly horizontal positions | . . Use of rotary drums | . Sealed tanks | . . Oval shapes | . Deep tanks | |||
BA51 | BA52 | BA53 | BA54 | BA55 | BA56 | BA60 | ||||||
. Treatment tanks divided into multiple steps | . . with multiple vertical steps | . . . using trap-doors rotary shelves or the like | . . . sending sludge from lower chambers to upper chambers | . Use of floating lids | . Use of heating means | . Others | ||||||
BB | BB00 INCINERATION, BURNING, OR PYROLYSIS TREATMENT |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB05 | BB06 | |||||
. Incineration or combustion | . Burning or sintering | . Pyrolysis | . . Melting | . . Dry distillation | . Addition of treating agents | |||||||
BB11 | BB12 | BB13 | BB14 | BB15 | BB16 | BB17 | BB18 | |||||
. having hearths | . . Multi-step furnaces | . . Fluidised beds | . Rotary furnaces or kilns | . Air current combustion furnaces or cyclone furnaces | . Arc furnaces | . High-frequency heating furnaces | . integrated with drying units | |||||
BC | BC00 OXIDATION TREATMENT, EXCLUDING INCINERATION |
BC01 | BC02 | BC03 | BC04 | BC05 | BC10 | |||||
. Wet oxidation | . . using oxidising agents other than oxygen | . . injecting steam | . . arranging bent plates or porous plates in cans | . using liquid or solid oxidising agents | . Others | |||||||
BD | BD00 DRY OR EVAPORATION TREATMENT |
BD01 | BD02 | BD03 | BD04 | BD05 | BD06 | BD07 | BD09 | |||
. directly contacting with gases | . . using normal temperature gases | . . using fluidised beds | . . using packed beds | . . Spraying types or conveying types by air flows | . . using rotary stokers | . . feeding sludge and air flows from bottom parts of devices | . heating in oil | |||||
BD11 | BD12 | BD13 | BD14 | BD15 | BD17 | BD18 | BD19 | |||||
. having heat conduction parts | . . Heat conduction parts being movable | . . . using granular heating media | . . . using heated rolls | . . Heat conduction parts having other functions | . Addition of hydrated exothermic agents | . by radiation | . by depressurisation | |||||
BD21 | BD22 | BD23 | BD24 | BD25 | BD26 | |||||||
. installing drying containers nearly in the horizontal direction | . . using rotary drums | . . . using scraping members | . installing drying containers in the vertical direction | . using evaporators | . Means for scraping dried material | |||||||
BD31 | BD32 | BD33 | BD34 | BD40 | ||||||||
. Pre-treatment | . Multiple steps of dry or evaporation treatment | . . dividing inside treatment tanks into multiple steps | . Returning of dried material | . Others | ||||||||
BE | BE00 MECHANICAL DE-WATERING OR CONCENTRATION TREATMENT |
BE01 | BE02 | BE03 | BE04 | BE05 | BE06 | BE07 | BE08 | BE09 | BE10 | |
. by filtration | . . Stationary filtering elements | . . . using cartridges | . . . using bag-shaped tube-shaped filtering elements. | . . . Leaf-like filters | . . Filtering elements being movable | . . . Rotary disk parallel installation types | . . . Belt types | . . . . Single belt types | . . . . Multiple belt types | |||
BE11 | BE12 | BE13 | BE14 | BE15 | BE16 | BE17 | BE18 | BE19 | BE20 | |||
. . . Cylindrical types | . . . . Inner surface filtration types | . . Gravity filtration | . . Suction filtration | . . Pressurisation filtration or compression filtration | . . . Press filters | . . . using pressure rolls | . . . Piston types | . . Centrifugal filtration | . . Use of loose filtering materials | |||
BE21 | BE22 | BE25 | BE26 | BE27 | ||||||||
. . Pre-coating filtration | . . Use of filtration acceleration members | . by compression | . . Screw press | . . using rollers rings disks or the like | ||||||||
BE31 | BE32 | BE33 | BE34 | BE35 | BE37 | BE38 | BE39 | |||||
. by precipitation or sedimentation | . . using forced sedimentation means | . . compacting precipitates | . . Means for scraping precipitates | . . Means for scraping up or sucking precipitates | . by centrifugation | . . Centrifuges | . . Cyclones | |||||
BE41 | BE42 | BE43 | BE44 | BE46 | BE47 | BE48 | BE49 | BE50 | ||||
. by flotation separation | . by membrane separation | . Electro-osmosis | . using capillarity | . Multi-step concentration treatment | . . Devices combined with multiple concentration units | . heating simultaneously with concentration | . After-treatment of separated liquids | . . Recovery of treating agents | ||||
BE51 | BE53 | BE54 | BE55 | BE56 | BE57 | BE58 | BE59 | BE60 | ||||
. adding no treating agents | . adding treating agents | . . adding flocculating agents | . . . Inorganic flocculating agents | . . . Macromolecular flocculating agents | . . . Cationic flocculating agents | . . . Nonionic flocculating agents | . . . Anionic flocculating agents | . . . using multiple flocculating agents in combination | ||||
BE61 | BE62 | BE63 | BE64 | BE65 | BE70 | |||||||
. . . . adding separately | . . adding filtration or flocculation auxiliaries | . . Dissolution or prevention of solidification of treating agents | . . using sludge | . . supplying treating agents to inside of concentration devices | . Others | |||||||
BF | BF00 MODIFICATION OR CONDITIONING OF SLUDGE |
BF01 | BF02 | BF03 | BF04 | BF05 | BF06 | BF07 | BF08 | BF09 | BF10 | |
. Thermal treatment | . . by heating excluding viewpoints BB BC or BD | . . by freezing and melting | . . . immersing sludge in cooling media | . . . spraying cooling media | . . . having heat-transfer units for cooling | . . . . Heat-transfer units for cooling being rotated | . . . . using heat-transfer tubes | . . . separating freezing units from melting units | . . . performing freezing and melting in the same containers | |||
BF11 | BF12 | BF13 | BF14 | BF15 | BF16 | BF17 | BF20 | |||||
. pH adjustment | . . adjusting to acidic regions | . . adjusting to neutral regions. | . . adjusting to alkaline regions | . Adjustment of concentration or moisture content | . . Addition of hygroscopic agents | . Adjustment of particle size | . Others | |||||
BG | BG00 SOLIDIFICATION OR HARDENING TREATMENT |
BG01 | BG02 | BG03 | ||||||||
. performing steam curing | . being stored inside containers | . In-situ treatment of precipitates | ||||||||||
BH | BH00 EXTRACTION OR ELUTION TREATMENT |
BH01 | BH02 | BH03 | BH04 | BH05 | BH06 | BH07 | BH08 | |||
. Extraction or elution of organic components | . . Proteins or nucleic acids | . Extraction or elution of inorganic compounds | . . Metal compounds | . . Phosphorus compounds | . Use of oily extracting or eluting agents | . Use of acidic extracting or eluting agents | . After-treatment of extracting or eluting liquid | |||||
BJ | BJ00 STIRRING OR MIXING TREATMENT |
BJ01 | BJ02 | BJ03 | BJ04 | BJ05 | BJ06 | BJ07 | BJ08 | BJ09 | ||
. Use of stirring blades | . . Screws | . . Multi-step vanes | . . Ribbon types | . . Anchor types or gate types | . . Propellers | . . having multiple stirring shafts | . using jet streams | . . using gas streams | ||||
BJ11 | BJ12 | BJ14 | BJ15 | BJ16 | BJ17 | BJ20 | ||||||
. using convection members | . . Draft tubes | . Stirring means with other functions | . . integrated with gas stream supply means | . . integrated with treating agents or sludge supply means | . . integrated with heat-transfer units | . Others | ||||||
BK | BK00 OTHER TREATMENTS |
BK01 | BK02 | BK03 | BK05 | BK06 | BK08 | BK09 | BK10 | |||
. Deodorisation treatment | . . Addition of adsorbents or the like | . . Addition of deodorising liquid | . Cleaning of sludge | . . by water | . Forming treatment | . . Granulation | . . Extruding | |||||
BK11 | BK12 | BK13 | BK14 | BK15 | BK16 | BK17 | ||||||
. Crushing or pulverisation | . Slurring or solubilisation | . Sterilisation or bacteriolysis | . Scum treatment | . Deaeration treatment | . Aeration treatment excluding viewpoints BA BC BD or BE | . Elimination of residues or bulky material | ||||||
BK21 | BK22 | BK23 | BK24 | BK25 | BK30 | |||||||
. Electrolysis | . Ultrasonic treatment | . Ultra-violet radiation | . Use of high frequency | . Use of magnetism or radiation | . Others * | |||||||
CA | CA00 PROCESS |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA04 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | CA08 | CA09 | CA10 | |
. Use or recovery of thermal energy | . . Use of natural heat | . . . Use of solar heat | . . Use of condensation heat | . . Use of compression heat | . . Use of heat from incineration CA10 takes precedence | . . . Use of heat from methane incineration | . . Use of heat from fermentation | . . Use of waste heat from sludge or waste water to be treated | . . Use of waste heat of exhaust gases | |||
CA11 | CA12 | CA14 | CA15 | CA16 | CA17 | CA18 | CA19 | |||||
. Recovery of power | . . Use of gas engines | . Treatment of exhaust gases | . . Dehumidification | . . Deodorisation | . . . by sludge | . . . by waste water | . . . in sludge incineration units | |||||
CA21 | CA22 | CA23 | CA24 | CA25 | CA27 | CA28 | CA29 | CA30 | ||||
. Waste water treatment | . . performing biological treatment | . . Use of adsorbents | . . by flocculation | . . by adjustment of pH | . combined with treatment processes other than sludge treatment processes | . . Combination with waste water treatment | . changing treatment according to types of sludge | . Others | ||||
CB | CB00 TREATMENT DEVICE IN GENERAL |
CB01 | CB02 | CB03 | CB04 | CB05 | CB06 | CB07 | CB08 | CB09 | CB10 | |
. Conveying means for sludge or treating agents | . . Use of submerged pumps | . . Use of snake pumps | . . Belt conveyers or net conveyers | . . Bucket conveyers | . . Screw conveyers | . . installing conveyers inside of treatment containers | . . having injection mechanisms in sludge | . . having quantitative supplying or discharging means | . . having multiple supply openings | |||
CB11 | CB12 | CB13 | CB14 | CB15 | CB16 | CB17 | CB18 | CB19 | CB20 | |||
. Heat insulating means | . Attachment of variable members | . Storage prevention means | . Protection means for devices | . . Lining | . . Use of cushioning members | . Cleaning means for devices | . . Scraping means | . characterised by measuring instruments | . . Sample extraction means | |||
CB21 | CB22 | CB23 | CB24 | CB25 | CB27 | CB30 | ||||||
. Installation to specific instruments | . . Vacuum trucks | . . Dredgers | . . Toilets | . . Sinks | . Use of screens or nets | . Others | ||||||
CC | CC00 RECOVERED MATERIAL OR USEFUL MATERIAL |
CC01 | CC02 | CC03 | CC04 | CC05 | CC06 | CC07 | CC10 | |||
. Fertilisers | . Fodder | . Fuels excluding methane or incineration | . Construction material | . Filtration auxiliaries or flocculating agents | . Deodorising agents | . Metals or metal compounds | . Others * | |||||
DA | DA00 INORGANIC TREATING AGENT |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA05 | DA06 | DA07 | DA08 | DA09 | ||
. Alkali metal compounds | . Alkaline earth metal compounds | . . Calcium compounds | . . . Calcium oxide (CaO) | . . . Calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) | . . . Calcium sulfate i.e. plaster (CaSO4) | . . . Calcium chloride (CaCl2) | . . Magnesium compounds | . . . Magnesium chloride (MgCl2) | ||||
DA11 | DA12 | DA13 | DA14 | DA15 | DA16 | DA17 | DA18 | DA19 | ||||
. Boric acids or salts thereof | . Silicic acids or silicon dioxide (SiO2) | . Silicates | . . Sodium silicate | . Aluminium compounds | . . Aluminium chloride including polyaluminium chloride | . . Aluminium sulfate | . . Aluminates | . . Alumina | ||||
DA21 | DA22 | DA23 | DA24 | DA25 | DA27 | |||||||
. Transition metal compounds | . . Iron compounds | . . . Iron sulfate | . . . Iron chloride | . . Zinc compounds | . Alums | |||||||
DA31 | DA32 | DA33 | DA34 | DA35 | DA36 | DA37 | DA38 | DA39 | ||||
. Inorganic acids | . . Hydrochloric acid | . . Sulfuric acid | . Sulfides | . Sulfates or sulfites | . Sulfur dioxide (SO2) | . Carbon dioxide (CO2) | . Carbonates or hydrogen carbonates | . Phosphoric acid or salts thereof | ||||
DA41 | DA42 | DA43 | DA44 | DA45 | DA46 | DA47 | ||||||
. Ammonia or ammonium salts | . Urea uric acid or derivatives thereof | . Ozone (O3) | . Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) | . Chlorous acid hypochlorous acid or salts thereof | . Halogen compounds | . Oxygen (O2) i.e. oxidising agents | ||||||
DA51 | DA52 | DA53 | DA54 | DA55 | DA56 | DA57 | DA58 | DA59 | DA60 | |||
. Natural minerals | . . Bentonite | . . Perlite | . . Clay white clay diatomaceous earth or kaolin | . . Zeolites | . Shells or aggregates | . Coal petroleum or derivatives thereof | . . Coke | . . Char asphalt pitch or tar | . . Peat | |||
DA61 | DA62 | DA63 | DA64 | DA65 | DA66 | DA67 | DA68 | DA70 | ||||
. Active carbon | . Bitumen emulsions | . Ceramics | . Incineration ash or fly ash | . Glass | . Cement | . . Portland cement | . . Alumina cement | . Others * | ||||
DB | DB00 ORGANIC TREATING AGENT |
DB01 | DB02 | DB03 | DB04 | DB05 | DB06 | DB07 | DB08 | DB09 | DB10 | |
. Aldehydes or ketones | . Alcohols | . Esters | . Amines | . Hydrocarbons | . Halogenated hydrocarbons | . Thiols | . Organic acids or salts thereof | . . Humic acids carbamic acids or salts thereof | . . Amino acids or salts thereof | |||
DB11 | DB12 | DB13 | DB14 | DB15 | DB16 | DB17 | DB18 | DB19 | DB20 | |||
. Macromolecular compounds | . . Polyethylene | . . Polyvinyl alcohol | . . Polyvinyl acetate | . . Polyethylene oxide | . . Sodium alginate | . . Lignin | . . Chitosan | . . Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) | . . Starch | |||
DB21 | DB22 | DB23 | DB24 | DB25 | DB26 | DB28 | DB29 | |||||
. . containing nitrogen | . . . Polyamines | . . . Polyimines | . . . Polyacrylamide | . . . Polyaminoalkyl acrylate or polyaminoalkyl methacrylate | . . . having quaternary ammonium | . . Sodium polyacrylate | . . Gelatin or guar gum | |||||
DB31 | DB32 | DB33 | DB34 | DB35 | DB36 | DB40 | ||||||
. Natural materials * | . . Grains or wood | . . . Sawdust chaff or rice straw | . Waste paper or pulp | . Waxes | . Lees | . Others * | ||||||
EA | EA00 OBJECT TO BE DETECTED |
EA01 | EA02 | EA03 | EA04 | EA05 | EA06 | EA07 | EA08 | EA09 | EA10 | |
. Sludge concentration density or moisture content | . Amount of supplying or discharging sludge | . Amount of sludge inside of devices | . Viscosity | . pH | . Sludge temperature | . Grain size or grain distribution of sludge | . Gas pressure or rate of gas generation | . Gas concentration | . Gas temperature (EA06 takes precedence) | |||
EA11 | EA12 | EA13 | EA14 | EA15 | EA16 | EA20 | ||||||
. Amount of supplying treating agents | . Degrees of cations or ion equivalent | . Activity of microorganisms | . Amount of filtrates or filtrate components | . Rate of ventilation | . Treatment time | . Others * | ||||||
EB | EB00 OBJECT TO BE CONTROLLED |
EB01 | EB02 | EB03 | EB04 | EB05 | EB06 | EB07 | EB08 | EB09 | EB10 | |
. Sludge concentration density or moisture content | . Amount of supplying or discharging sludge | . Amount of sludge inside of devices | . Viscosity | . pH | . Sludge temperature | . Grain size or grain distribution of sludge | . Gas pressure or rate of gas generation | . Gas concentration | . Gas temperature (EB06 takes precedence) | |||
EB11 | EB12 | EB13 | EB14 | EB15 | EB16 | EB20 | ||||||
. Amount of supplying treating agents | . Degrees of cations or ion equivalent | . Activity of microorganisms | . Amount of filtrates or filtrate components | . Rate of ventilation | . Treatment time | . Others * |