Patent ID: 8932848
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: C01B,C02F,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A method for wastewater treatment and energy production wherein nitrogen is removed from wastewater and converted to nitrous oxide and wherein energy is produced from the nitrous oxide, the method comprising: a) pumping the wastewater into a bioreactor system, wherein the wastewater comprises nitrogen compounds; b) processing in the bioreactor system the nitrogen compounds in the wastewater to produce a nitrous oxide product, c) forming a nitrous oxide gas stream from the nitrous oxide product of the bioreactor system; d) feeding the nitrous oxide gas stream to a hardware reactor device coupled to the bioreactor system; e) chemically reacting the nitrous oxide gas stream in the hardware reactor device to produce energy obtained from the nitrous oxide product of the bioreactor system, whereby energy is produced from the nitrogen compounds in the wastewater.