MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441028923 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, on April 9, 2024, for 'an anaerobic-aerobic algal-bacterial photo-bioreactor for wastewater treatment.'
Inventor(s) include Debraj Bhattacharyya.
The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses an anaerobic-aerobic algal-bacterial photo-bioreactor (100) for wastewater treatment. The photo-bioreactor (100) comprises a first compartment (102) to receive screened wastewater and facilitate hydrolysis of suspended organic particles present in it, a second compartment (104), to receive the hydrolysed product and convert the hydrolysed product into biogas, a third compartment (106), to receive the partially treated wastewater and mineralize organic carbon in wastewater to carbon dioxide followed by assimilation of nutrients in biomass, a fourth compartment (108), to allow settling of the biomass obtained from the third compartment (106) and a fifth compartment (110), to remove residual suspended matter received from the fourth compartment (108), thus allowing the resulting water to be used for non-potable applications. The third compartment (106) is provided with blue LED lights (112) to facilitate algal photosynthesis, growth, proliferation aiding simultaneous removal of organic carbon, nutrients, and micropollutants in a single compartment."
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