US Patent Issued to TOPSOE on April 14 for "Process for the removal of particulate matter from an aqueous stream" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,858, issued on April 14, was assigned to TOPSOE A/S (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark).

"Process for the removal of particulate matter from an aqueous stream" was invented by Mads Lykke (Bronshoj, Denmark), Lars Piilmann Brorholt (Melby, Denmark) and Per Aggerholm Sorensen (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Process for the removal of particulate matter from an aqueous stream containing a concentrated acid, preferably concentrated sulfuric acid, the process including mechanical filtration by passing the aqueous stream through a filter unit, the filter unit including a metallic, ceramic or polymeric filter, or a filter including...