US Patent Issued to INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES BIOFOREST on Aug. 12 for "Method for recovering water and chemicals from plants for treating effluents from pulp and paper factories" (Chilean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,708, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES BIOFOREST S.A. (Concepcion, Chile).

"Method for recovering water and chemicals from plants for treating effluents from pulp and paper factories" was invented by Alvaro Mauricio Gonzalez Vogel (VIII Region, Chile) and Rafael Ignacio Quezada Reyes (VIII Region, Chile).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a process for upgrading effluent treatment plants for pulp and paper production processes, where salts are removed from the effluent for water reuse and chemical recovery. The process comprises a first dialysis system for salt removal, a second treatment sy...