Kenneth M Cline

US Patent:

59252529, Jul 20, 1999

Filed:

Dec 3, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/984475

Inventors:

Kenneth King Cline - Sharpsburg GA

Assignee:

Innovative Formulations - Peachtree City GA

International Classification:

C02F 300

US Classification:

210606

Abstract:

A bioremediation device and process for remediation of waste collection systems. The present invention preferably comprises an bioactive element having an outer and an inner portion. The concentration of the bioactive element in the outer portion differs from that of the inner portion so that the concentration is greatest when the waste material is first exposed to the outside of the element and diminishes while the solid dissolves in the waste material. The outer portion is disposed about the inner portion such that substantially all of the outer portion is dissolved for delivery of the bioactive element into the waste material before dissolution of the inner portion occurs. The outer portion has a relatively great bioactive effect for remediating the waste material and the inner portion has a relatively lesser bioremediating effect for maintaining the waste material in the collection systems.

US Patent:

62482343, Jun 19, 2001

Filed:

Jun 21, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/337295

Inventors:

Kenneth King Cline - Sharpsburg GA

International Classification:

C02F 300

US Classification:

210170

Abstract:

A bioremediation device including a water dissolvable material that may be held in a netting capable of suspension. The material preferably comprises surfactants that contain hydrophilic and/or hydrophobic tails that can easily form emulsions with the sewage material present by way of critical micelle formation. These surfactants preferably include but are not limited to nonionic surfactants that carry no charge. The hydrophilic portion preferably contains numerous polar ether linkages derived from polymerization of ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide with the hydrophobe. The preferred material comprises biodegradable alkanolamine surfactants that remove grease and organic matter from waste water by biological means through the induction of bacteria and enzyme as the material dissolves in the presence of waste water. Variations in the size, shape, and amounts of bacteria in the dissolvable solid impact the nature of degradation relative to flow, waste type, and retention time to decrease the bioremediation time of the waste water.