Fabricating a hybrid sorbent media includes contacting a porous material with a first aqueous solution including phosphate ions to yield a first mixture, contacting the first mixture with a second aqueous solution comprising calcium ions to yield a second mixture, and adjusting a pH of the second mixture to form hydroxyapatite inside the porous media to yield the hybrid sorbent media.

A composite ash produced by thermally processing paper and/or carpet exothermic processing waste, the composite ash being an inorganic mineral product or oxidized material of common crystalline and amorphous non-crystalline composition comprising metakaolin and at least one of a group consisting of mineral oxide and mineral carbonate, the composite ash being reactive with a pH greater than about 7.0.

The present disclosure describes systems and methods for wastewater treatment. In some embodiments, a system may include one or more of a pair of electrodes, a first membrane selectively permeable to a first wastewater nutrient, a second membrane selectively permeable to a second wastewater nutrient, and at least one spacing frame comprising a structural element, a gasket, and a flow channel. In some embodiments, the system may further include a septic tank.

In one embodiment, a system includes first anoxic moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) configured to receive a fluid containing selenium and to process the fluid via a first biofilm disposed on a first media to produce a first MBBR fluid by removing nitrogen from the fluid. The system further includes a second anoxic MBBR fluidly coupled to the first MBBR to receive the first MBBR fluid and to process the first MBBR fluid via a second biofilm disposed on a second media to produce a selenium enriched fluid, followed by a solid-liquid separation system to remove selenium in solid form as sludge and produce a treated effluent containing equal to or less than 5 micrograms of selenium per liter. The system includes a plurality of first sensors and first actuators disposed on the first MBBR, and a plurality of second sensors and second actuators disposed on the second MBBR.

Disclosed herein are a method for treating a water stream in a zero liquid discharge (ZLD) system and a ZLD system. The method includes contacting the water stream with a metal agent that reduces a nitrate contained therein to a nitrite, and introducing an amide into the water stream that reduces the nitrite to nitrogen to provide a treated water stream having a reduced nitrate concentration. The ZLD system includes a mix tank, an amide tank including an amide, and a crystallizer. The mix tank includes an inlet for receiving a water stream within the mix tank, and a container including a metal agent. The container is designed to allow the water stream to contact the metal agent. The amide tank is designed to direct the amide into the water stream, and the crystallizer is designed to receive the water stream from the mix tank.

A riser bracket for supporting a riser board and a computer card inserted into the riser board is disclosed. The riser bracket includes a first riser bracket piece, a first latch, a second riser bracket piece, and a second latch. The computer card and the riser board are positioned on a motherboard. The first riser bracket piece is configured to be coupled to the riser board. The first latch is configured to the first riser bracket piece to a first mounting point of the motherboard, and to move between a latched position and an unlatched position. The second riser bracket piece is coupled to the first riser bracket piece. The second latch is configured to couple the second riser bracket piece to a second mounting point of the motherboard, and move between a latched position and an unlatched position.

A flow-through electrochemical reactor includes a housing having a solution flow-path. A flow-through or solid first electrode is disposed within the solution flow path. A second electrode is spaced apart from the flow-through or solid first electrode, thereby creating an electroactive gap between the flow-through or solid first electrode and the second electrode. The electroactive gap is less than 5 mm and greater than 2 mm.

A synergistic composition can be used to treat water containing nitrogen compounds and phosphorus compounds. The synergistic composition includes iron filings, clay particles, aluminum particles, and sand particles. The iron filings, clay particles, and aluminum particles act synergistically to remove nitrogen compounds and phosphorus compounds from water. Specifically, the clay particles attract the nitrogen compounds and the phosphorus compounds to be absorbed onto a surface of the iron filings and the clay particles. The aluminum particles react with the nitrogen compounds via an oxidation reaction to form ammonia compounds, and react with the phosphorus compounds to produce aluminum phosphate. As such, the synergistic relationship between the iron filings, clay particles, and aluminum particles remove nitrogen and phosphorus compounds from water and recover the compounds in usable forms, namely, ammonia and aluminum phosphate.

The present invention discloses a plasma denitrification device, which comprises a plasma generating device and a denitrification reservoir. The plasma generating device comprises a plasma generator and a pulsed power supply. The plasma generator comprises at least one set of an electrode to generate plasma. An inlet of the plasma generator is configured to allow sewage passage. The denitrification reservoir comprises a shell and a denitrification zone, a water purification zone, and a sludge collecting zone provided inside the shell. The present invention effectively reduces total nitrogen and ammonia nitrogen in the polluted water body and helps to reduce COD, BOD, total phosphorus and chroma of the water body. The dissolved oxygen level of the water body is also increased after the purification process.

A method of purifying nutrient contaminated water for safe reuse or discharge, while recovering the fertilizer value of the contaminants. The system includes digestion tanks for the conversion by appropriate fauna and aerobic bacteria of dissolved or suspended organic contaminants into dissolved inorganic contaminants, which are flow connection with biofiltration tanks for the removal by plant root uptake of the dissolved inorganic contaminants. Generally, the digestion and biofiltration tanks are configured wherein contaminated water is conducted between one or more digestion tanks containing detritivorous or omnivorous fauna which feed on suspended contaminants and pathogens and aerobic bacteria which feed on the excreta of the fauna which will solubilize and decompose organic contaminants, oxidize nitrogen compounds into nitrates and competes with pathogens, and one or more biofiltration tanks containing pants potted in the water which uptakes dissolved inorganic contaminants.