Patent 7988867 was granted and assigned to Tokuyama Corporation on August, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method of treating silicon powder-containing drainage water, comprising the steps of:including an inorganic flocculant composed of a silica sol-water-soluble metal salt having a molar ratio of silicon to metal of 0.05 to 3.0 into drainage water containing silicon powders to ensure that the metal concentration becomes 15 to 300 mg/L; andadding an organic polymer flocculant.