The present invention provides a method for extracting polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), which comprises a pre-process step and an extraction step: removing water from waste sludge containing microorganisms in the pre-process step so that the waste sludge containing microorganisms has a water content of less than 40%; and applying a high-voltage pulsed electric field to the waste sludge during the extraction step to destroy the microorganisms and release the PHAs, wherein the high-voltage pulsed electric field is between 50 volts and 400 volts, an application time of the high-voltage pulsed electric field is between 5 seconds and 90 seconds, and an application frequency of the high-voltage pulsed electric field is between 500 Hz and 1000 Hz, thereby extracting the PHAs in the case of few chemicals.

The invention pertains to a method (200, 300, 400) of at least partly removing at least one micropollutant from wastewater (104) comprising carbogenous compounds and at least one micropollutant. The method comprising the steps of: (a) dividing the wastewater (104) into a main stream (105) and a side stream (106); (b) treating main stream (105) with bacteria to reduce the content of carbogenous compounds to provide depleted wastewater (107) comprising at least one micropollutant; (c) treating the depleted wastewater (107) with a second portion of microorganisms (162), having the ability of degrading the at least one micropollutant, to, at least partly, remove the at least one micropollutant thereby providing treated water (170), wherein the second portion of microorganisms (162) have been enriched by feeding the side stream (106) to it before using the second portion of microorganisms (162) in treating the depleted wastewater (107); and (d) feeding a first portion of microorganisms (161), having the ability of degrading the at least one micropollutant, with the side stream (106), to enrich them for subsequent use in treating the depleted wastewater (107) to at least partly remove the at least one micropollutant.

The present invention relates to an environmentally friendly balanced waste water treatment system for diversified medical use, comprises a conditioning tank, a cleaning solution tank, a gas separator, a waste water lifting pump, a beveled wall sedimentation pool and a membrane filter device. The conditioning tank is connected to an external washing cloth waste water pipe. The conditioning tank is connected to the air separator and the waste water lifting pump, an output end of the waste water lifting pump is connected to the beveled wall sedimentation pool. The water treatment system of the present invention can break down hazardous materials in the waste water, does not cause secondary pollution, provides a good cleaning effect for medical waste water, complying with water treatment standard. It provides improved practicality and advancement, operation is stable, does not occupy a lot of floor space, layout is reasonable, production efficiency is high, operating life is long, ensuring long trouble free operation time.

Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and apparatuses for monitoring fluid properties relating to a medical device's cleanliness. In embodiments, an apparatus for monitoring the fluid properties relating to a medical device's cleanliness comprises at least one sensor that measures a pre-cleaning parameters of a cleaning fluid and a post-cleaning parameters of the cleaning fluid, a cleaning chamber coupled to the at least one sensor, the cleaning chamber configured to receive the medical device and clean the medical device using the cleaning fluid, and a processing device coupled to the at least one sensor. The processing device is configured to: determine a cleanliness of the medical device based on a comparison between the post-cleaning parameters and the pre-cleaning parameters; and output the cleanliness of the medical device to a display device.

The invention relates to a method for treating dangerous liquids for dumping in situ in a plant having an electrical panel (1) with an automaton processor, comprising the following steps: collecting in accumulation tanks (2); evaporating, in an automatic filling evaporator (6), via internal or external heating; condensing in a condenser (7), in direct or indirect contact with the vapour of the evaporator (6), converting said vapour into distillate; neutralising via reagents, in a neutralisation reactor (8), to a pH controlled by a pH and conductivity probe (14), with pH+ and pH+ reagents; filtering the waste via an active carbon filter (9) and dosing disinfectant therein, before expulsion via the drainage outlet of the sewer (32); safety disinfecting with ultraviolet light (17); and taking samples of the waste, by means of the sample-taking tap (16) provided before the outlet of the sewer (32).

A liquid container system including a transfer container for receiving liquid transferred to the transfer container by a liquid transfer pump, where the transfer container includes (i) a main body, (ii) a connector shelf extending laterally from the main body and including a horizontal portion and defining a bottom wall, and (iii) a liquid transfer connector fitting extending downwardly from the bottom wall of the horizontal portion of the connector shelf and configured for fluidly connecting the transfer container to the liquid transfer pump.

A fluid disinfection device is provided for integration into a high flow rate, controlled pressure, closed recirculation system, the device for disinfecting medical devices and lines in the system using high intensity UV-C light. A method of disinfecting a high flow rate, controlled pressure, closed recirculation system that includes a medical device is also provided.

An air fed mycoplasma device includes an array of elongate microchannels formed in a plastic or ceramic having tolerance to ozone and other radicals formed when plasma is generated from air in the microchannels. The microchannels include inlets configured to accept an air feed, and outlets configured to direct plasma jets toward a surface (which may be flat or internal to a pipe, for example) or object. An array of electrodes within the plastic/ceramic housing is configured to ignite and maintain plasma in the microchannels and is isolated by the dielectric from the microchannels. A supply intake for is configured to providing a plasma medium into the microchannels.

A system for processing suction bags including a housing comprising a loading area configured to allow suction bags to be loaded into the housing, a cutting area, a processing area, and a storage area. It also comprises a rotary support which comprises multiple receiving sites configured to accommodate suction bags, and which is mounted so as to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation; and a cutting member which is located in the cutting area and which is configured to cut at least one suction bag received in a receiving site when the at least one suction bag is located in the cutting area.

An integrated plant for the treatment of medical laboratory waste includes at least a container for collecting the waste and a loading pump which transfers separate quantities of waste to a tank, in such a way that the plant operates thanks to gravity with intermittent cycles. A method for the treatment of the waste allows the separation of a liquid part, which is discharged into the sewers after a specific treatment.