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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120048808 | TAGGED SCALE INHIBITORS The present invention provides a polymeric scale inhibitor, wherein said inhibitor comprises at least one boron atom.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120031849 | AERATED REACTOR APPARATUS AND METHODS A reaction tank useful for precipitating struvite from aqueous solutions such as wastewater comprises an aeration system. The aeration system includes air diffusers in the reaction tank. The air diffusers are located at a level below an outlet of the reaction tank. The ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120024796 | Sustainable method and system for treating water bodies affected by bacteria and microalgae at low cost A sustainable method and system for treating and maintaining bodies of water at low cost for low density recreational use is disclosed. A system of the invention generally includes at least one containing means, at least one coordination means, at least one chemical app... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120024782 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING AN OIL SPILL A method for enhancing biodegradation of oil in water, the method comprising:
| 02/02/2012 |
| 20110309027 | METHOD FOR DEGRADING CHLORINATED-ORGANIC POLLUTANT A method for degrading chlorinated-organic pollutant comprises the steps of providing a chlorinated-organic pollutant contaminated medium having at least one chlorinated-organic pollutant of high concentration; adding a biodegradable surfactant into the chlorinated-orga... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110137465 | Portable Water Treatment Method A method that can be used in a portable system and apparatus to effectively and efficiently treat aqueous fluids by quickly and reliably adjusting and controlling the free residual level of disinfectants, contaminants or additives through the addition of one or more tre... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20100300218 | DISPERSANT APPLICATION FOR CLEAN-UP OF RECIRCULATION PATHS OF A POWER PRODUCING FACILITY DURING START-UP A method for reducing corrosion product transport in a power producing facility. The method includes the steps of selecting a chemical dispersant adapted to reduce the deposition of corrosion products in the recirculation path, and using at least one chemical injector t... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100288706 | METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF AT LEAST ONE COMPOUND FROM BLOOD, AND EXTRACTION DEVICE FOR USE IN THE EXECUTION OF SAID METHOD Method for the preparation of at least one compound with biological properties from blood, where said method is performed in sealed tubes at a pressure below atmospheric pressure, thereby reducing or preventing the bacterial contamination of the compound through handlin... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100181252 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PURIFYING A LIQUID COMPRISING CRYSTAL INHIBITOR RECOVERY The present invention relates to a method for purifying a liquid, comprising the steps of:—supplying a flow of liquid for purifying;—adding a crystal growth inhibitor;—purifying the flow;—separating the flow into a purified flow and a return flow; and—concentr... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100176060 | Method to Inhibit Scale Formation in Cooling Circuits Using Carbon Dioxide Scaling is controlled in a cooling water system with CO2 based upon measurements of the cooling water's pH, alkalinity and Ca2+ concentration.... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20090294373 | INHIBITION OF WATER FORMED SCALE IN ACID CONDITIONS The current invention relates to the inhibition of scale deposits in a slurry or solution under acidic conditions. The current invention uses an aqueous synthetic mixture comprising a phosphate, phosphonate, anionic polymer, or combinations thereof in the slurry and/or ... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090211983 | OPERATION OF EVAPORATIVE COOLING TOWERS WITH MINIMAL OR NO BLOWDOWN A method and composition are provided for the operation of an evaporative cooling tower with minimal, or no, blowdown. In some embodiments, the method involves using sodium cation-exchanged softened water as makeup water for the cooling tower, providing a bypass filter ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090107921 | Chemical treatment system and method A chemical treatment system that injects one or more dosage chemical solutions into a process. Conditions of the process are sensed by sensors, communicated to a chemical treatment management system. The chemical treatment management system processes the process conditi... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090095686 | Process And System For Treating Waste From Aluminum Production Containing PAH And Fluoride Ions By Flotation And Stabilization A process for treating a waste material coming from aluminum production, the waste material containing contaminants polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and inorganic fluoride compounds containing fluoride ions, involves flotation of a waste mixture of the waste mater... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090065440 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLEANUP AND DEPOSIT REMOVAL FROM INTERNAL HOT WATER SYSTEM SURFACES Disclosed is a method of inhibiting and/or removing deposits from internal surfaces in a hot water system. The method includes controlling a real-time oxidation-reduction potential in a hot water system to alter the dynamic between deposit constituents and the bulk wate... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090065439 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREVENTING CORROSION IN HOT WATER SYSTEMS UNDERGOING INTERMITTENT OPERATIONS Disclosed is a method of controlling a real-time oxidation-reduction potential in a hot water system undergoing a wet layup sequence to inhibit corrosion in the hot water system. The method includes separating the wet layup sequence into a plurality of phases. Each phas... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090026144 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREVENTING CORROSION IN HOT WATER SYSTEMS Disclosed is a method of controlling a real-time oxidation-reduction potential in a hot water system to inhibit corrosion in the hot water system. The method includes defining one or more operational protective zones in the hot water system. One or more of the operation... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20080286379 | Method and Means for Obtaining Platelet-Rich Plasma Method and means for obtaining thrombocyte-rich plasma (platelet-rich plasma, PRP) from whole blood which specifically has a high content of specifically activated thrombocytes and which is particularly easy to coagulate.... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080223791 | METHOD FOR TREATING FEEDWATER A method for treating feedwater is provided. The method includes steps of introducing a treatment composition into a feedwater stream to provide a treated feedwater stream containing scale inhibitor at a concentration of at least about 0.1 ppm, and combining the treated... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080190857 | System and Methods of Producing Membranes An apparatus and method of forming a solid-fibrin web. The apparatus includes a centrifuge (600) having a housing (604), and actuator (648), a wheel (660), and a flange (664). The housing includes a recessed area (616) and a bas... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080067129 | INHIBITION OF PARAFFIN WALL DEPOSITION IN OIL LINES Disclosed herein is a method for treating hydrocarbon fluids to inhibit the deposition of paraffin compounds on the interior of pipes and other surfaces. The method includes injecting a catalyst fluid containing scale forming compounds into the hydrocarbon fluid. The sc... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080035565 | Procedure for elimination of boron from sea-water by reverse osmosis membranes The present invention relates to a procedure for elimination of boron from sea-water by reverse osmosis membranes characterised in that it comprises:
| 02/14/2008 |
| 20070241058 | METHOD FOR MONITORING THE DEGREE OF FOULING OF A FILTER A method of filtering a fluid wherein after filtering a contaminated fluid, which causes the formation of a filter cake, a substantially non-contaminated fluid is fed through the filter cake and filter at varying flux or at varying driving force. At the same time the ne... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070151930 | Formulation for corrosion and scale inhibition The present invention provides a formulation for use in the treatment of corrosion and metal sulphide scale deposits in aqueous systems, said formulation comprising a tetrakis (hydroxyorgano) phosphonium salt (THP+ salt) and a primary, secondary or tertiary a... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070138104 | Depressing precipitation of sparingly soluble salts in a water supply A method and device for protecting an aqueous system from scale precipitation by depressing scale precipitation in a bulk phase of a water supply, the device including: (a) an electrolytic cell for fluidly connecting to the system, including: (i) a tank for receiving th... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070108127 | Treatment of iron sulphide deposits The present invention relates to a method of treating an aqueous system containing or in contact with metal sulphide scale. The method comprises adding to said system, separately or together, sufficient of a synergistic mixture comprising a THP+ salt, an aque... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070095760 | Anti-corrosion additive A composition for treating water contained in enclosures, such as swimming pools, spas, whirlpool tubs and cooling towers, which includes at least one boron compound, cyanuric acid, at least one mineral remover and at least one clarifier is provided. A composition and m... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20070068875 | COMBINING WATERBORNE BIONUTRIENTS WITH SCALE PARTICLES AND USE OF A WATERBORNE PARTICLE REMOVER TO REMOVE THE COMBINED PARTICLES FROM THE WATER An automatic, self-regulating method of water treatment for use in water circulating towers in which water is evaporated, and make up water is added, with components which synergistically function to cut chemical, energy, water, corrosion, pollution, and maintenance cos... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070045189 | Acid mine water demineralization methods Acid mine demineralization methods wherein the acid mine drainage is neutralized, clarified, and forwarded to a microfiltration unit. The so filtered drainage water is then forwarded to a reverse osmosis unit. The permeate from the reverse osmosis unit is characterized ... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20070007211 | Methods, devices and compounds for dosing corrosion inhibitors cleaners and softening resins to water systems A series of devices, methods and compounds for dosing corrosion inhibitors and cleaners to closed loop systems, boilers, towel rails, heat exchangers and heat stores. The devices and materials can be designed to allow corrosion inhibitors and cleaners to be built into b... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20070000831 | Controlled release of additives in cooling systems A container for releasing a chemical additive into a coolant composition comprises a coolant-impermeable casing having a hollow interior and an additive composition comprising at least one coolant soluble additive. The additive is held within the container by at least o... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060278582 | Process for reducing contaminants in condensate resulting from the conversion of bauxite to alumina This invention relates to a process for reducing the contaminants in condensate resulting from the refining of alumina. ... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060231491 | High purity water produced by reverse osmosis High purity water produced by reverse osmosis. A feedwater is pretreated to remove hardness and non-hydroxide alkalinity, and the pH is raised to 8.5 or more to ionize solute species such as boron that are sparingly ionized when in neutral or near neutral pH aqueous sol... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060157420 | Automated process for inhibiting corrosion in an inactive boiler containing an aqueous system This invention relates to an automated process to inhibit corrosion of the metal surface of an inactive boiler containing water. ... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060151394 | Cooling water corrosion inhibition method Methods for inhibiting corrosion in aqueous evaporative systems where soluble silica (SiO2) is maintained at residuals between 10 Mg/L and saturation, but more preferably maintained at greater than 300 mg/L as SiO2, to provide corrosion inhibiting ... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060144795 | Fluid treatment method and apparatus Fluid treatment apparatus having an alloy disk assembly comprised of a plurality of disks, each prepared from the metal elements copper, zinc, nickel, silver, and tin, which individually exhibit great propensity for reducing scale formation in flow conduits; particularl... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20060016754 | Water-treating microbicide, water treatment method and water treatment apparatus A water-treating microbicide, containing an inorganic acid and a corrosion inhibitor, and further containing a carboxylic acid having 8 or less carbon atoms or any of alkali metal salts thereof. The present invention can provide a water-treating microbicide, water treat... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20050258104 | Electro-kinetic water conditioning A method for treating hard water comprising the steps of flowing water containing suspended colloidal mineral particles through a confined treatment zone, applying an electrical potential across the flowing water to cause electrical current to flow through the water, in... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050242042 | Control of cooling water system using rate of consumption of fluorescent polymer A method to control a cooling water system based on the rate of consumption of a fluorescent polymer is described and claimed. ... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050218080 | COOLING WATER SCALE AND CORROSION INHIBITION A methods for inhibiting silica scale formation and corrosion in aqueous systems where soluble silica (SiO2) can be maintained at residuals below 200 mg/L, but more preferably maintained at greater than 200 mg/L as SiO2, without silica scale and wi... | 10/06/2005 |
