	US 11,673,114 B2
	Granular green sorbent media for filtration of contaminated water
Dibyendu Sarkar, West Orange, NJ (US); Viravid Na Nagara, Jersey City, NJ (US); and Rupali Datta, Houghton, MI (US)
Assigned to THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Hoboken, NJ (US)
Filed by The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/840,165.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/829,550, filed on Apr. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0316556 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. B01J 20/02 (2006.01); B01D 39/20 (2006.01); B01D 39/16 (2006.01); C02F 1/28 (2023.01); B01J 20/24 (2006.01); B01J 20/30 (2006.01)

CPC B01J 20/0248 (2013.01) [B01D 39/1646 (2013.01); B01D 39/2031 (2013.01); B01J 20/24 (2013.01); B01J 20/3021 (2013.01); B01J 20/3028 (2013.01); C02F 1/288 (2013.01); B01D 2239/0283 (2013.01); B01D 2239/0407 (2013.01); B01D 2239/10 (2013.01); C02F 1/281 (2013.01); C02F 1/286 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A filter media for treating contaminated water, comprising a plurality of particles of powdered aluminum-based water treatment residuals, each particle of at least some of said plurality of particles being entrapped in a corresponding shell which includes calcium and potassium alginate.