US Patent Issued to Xylem Water Solutions U.S.A. on Feb. 24 for "System and method for indirect measurement of oxygen utilization rate and influent load for aeration control" (Pennsylvania, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,396, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Xylem Water Solutions U.S.A. Inc. (Brown Deer, Wis.).

"System and method for indirect measurement of oxygen utilization rate and influent load for aeration control" was invented by Dennis Barnes (Oconomowoc, Wis.) and Wenjun Liu (Mars, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of optimizing a wastewater treatment plant includes: providing an oxidation ditch having a dissolved oxygen set-point and including: an aeration system having an aerobic zone; and an anoxic zone; measuring the oxidation-reduction potential of the anoxic zone; and based on the measured oxidation-reduction potential: incr...