US Patent Issued to Evoqua Water Technologies on April 7 for "Accelerated settlement of flocs after electrocoagulation/electrochemical process using ballasted flocculation" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,194, issued on April 7, was assigned to Evoqua Water Technologies LLC (Pittsburgh).

"Accelerated settlement of flocs after electrocoagulation/electrochemical process using ballasted flocculation" was invented by Simon Dukes (Chelmsford, Mass.), Hao Dang (Medford, Mass.) and Wenxin Du (Dover, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water treatment system comprises a source of water including one or more contaminants, an electrocoagulation cell including a housing defining a fluid flow conduit, an anode disposed within the fluid flow conduit, and a cathode disposed within the fluid flow conduit, the housing including an inlet fluidly con...