Theodore A Dickerson

US Patent:

56096674, Mar 11, 1997

Filed:

Oct 19, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/545089

Inventors:

Theodore Dickerson - Jackson MS

Assignee:

Product Services Co. - Ridgeland MS

International Classification:

C05F 1108

US Classification:

71 6

Abstract:

A powdered cellulose, containing essentially 3-8% of ammonium sulfate forms a biologically active media which preferentially adsorbs hydrocarbons in the presence of water and supports the growth of naturally occurring hydrocarbon reducing bacterial forms resulting in rapid decomposition of the adsorbed hydrocarbons into water, carbon dioxide and other benign waste products.