IP Library Granted Patent US 7,294,270
Granted Patent B2
US 7,294,270 · App. 10/845,509 · Granted Nov 13, 2007

Method of treating photographic waste liquid

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Patent No.
US 7,294,270
App. No.
10/845,509
Granted
Nov 13, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A photographic waste liquid treatment method comprises an electrolytic oxidation treatment for photographic waste liquid.

Claims (8)

1. A method of treating photographic waste liquid, comprising:

adjusting photographic waste liquid so as to have a COD/ammoniacal nitrogen ratio of 3 or below; performing a physicochemical oxidation treatment to the adjusted photographic waste liquid; and then performing a biological treatment to the treated photographic waste liquid, wherein the physicochemical oxidation treatment of the photographic waste liquid is an electrolytic oxidation treatment.

2. The method of treating photographic waste liquid as described in claim 1 , wherein the photographic waste liquid having been subjected to the physicochemical oxidation treatment is subjected to the biological treatment directly or in a state of water dilution having a dilution factor of 1 to 4, wherein the dilution factor is defined as a ratio of (volume of waste liquid after dilution with water) to (volume of undiluted waste liquid).

3. The method of treating photographic waste liquid as described in claim 1 , wherein the photographic waste liquid is further adjusted so as to have a sulfur content of 5 g/L to 20 g/L.

4. The method of treating photographic waste liquid as described in claim 1 , wherein the biological treatment is an activated-sludge treatment.

5. The method of treating photographic waste liquid as described in claim 1 , wherein the biological treatment is a treatment with microorganisms immobilized in a carrier.

6. The method of treating photographic waste liquid as described in claim 1 , wherein the photographic waste liquid is color photographic waste liquid.

7. The method of treating photographic waste liquid as described in claim 1 , wherein the photographic waste liquid contains a hardly biodegradable compound.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.)
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018904/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2004
From: MIYAZAKI, HIDEO; MATSUMOTO, KAZUHIKO
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015337/0203 →