ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,069, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to M2 Water Solutions LLC (Indianapolis).
"Wastewater processing" was invented by Martin Shrader (Indianapolis), Merrill Reece Jr. (Indianapolis), Anthony Haag (Brownsburg, Ind.) and Paul Kite (Zionsville, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wastewater processing method includes introducing wastewater into an upper region of a chamber. The chamber remains at substantially atmospheric pressure. A portion of the wastewater in the chamber is vaporized. Flame is introduced into the chamber and provides for the ignition of a volatile organic compound. The vaporized portion of the wastewater is vente...