Patent ID: 7186344
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: B01D,C02F

Abstract:
1. A process for treating a fluid stream containing soluble and insoluble organic and inorganic chemical contaminants, microbiological contaminants, or combinations thereof to reduce the concentration of these contaminants comprising: passing the fluid stream through a pretreatment module to reduce both soluble and insoluble contaminants and to convert soluble contaminants into other forms present therein, the pretreatment module including a filtering medium which comprises bone charcoal or bauxite; recovering from the pretreatment module a treated stream; passing the treated stream through a membrane module to remove additional insoluble and soluble chemical and microbiological contaminants present therein; and recovering from the membrane module a membrane permeate, wherein at least one of the contaminants removed by the process is a manganese containing oxidizer or a peroxide containing oxidizer.