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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 20110114564 | Preventing Silica And Silicate Scale With Inhibitors In Industrial Water Systems A method of inhibiting the deposition of silica and silicate compounds on surfaces in water systems by treating the water with an effective amount of an alkoxylated amines or imidized polymer from alkoxylated amines either alone or in combination with acrylic acid or ma... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110049053 | METHOD FOR INHIBITING THE DEPOSITION OF SILICA AND/OR SILICATE COMPOUNDS IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS A method of inhibiting the deposition of silica and/or silicate compounds on a surface in an aqueous system is provided. The method comprises the step of adding a polymer to the aqueous system. The polymer comprises at least one constitutional unit (i) and at least one ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110049052 | METHOD FOR INHIBITING THE DEPOSITION OF SILICA AND/OR SILICATE COMPOUNDS IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS A method inhibits the deposition of silica and/or silicate compounds on a surface in an aqueous system. The method includes the step of adding a polymer to the aqueous system. The polymer comprises the reaction product of a natural oil component and an alkylene oxide. T... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20100122956 | METHOD FOR TREATING IRON IN A SILVER RECOVERY PROCESS A method of reducing or preventing the amount of iron sludge or precipitate that forms as a result of the recovery of silver from chemical solutions, such as a standard photographic solution. The method generally involves the introduction of a source of a conjugate orga... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100116750 | SILANE SUBSTITUTED POLYALKYLENE OXIDE REAGENTS AND METHODS OF USING FOR PREVENTING OR REDUCIN ALUMINOSILICATE SCALE IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES Materials and methods are provided whereby polymers with least 0.5 mole % of the pendant group or end group containing —Si(OR″)3 are used to control aluminosilicate scaling in an industrial process having an alkaline process stream such as a pulping mill ... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20090294374 | METHOD FOR INHIBITING THE FORMATION AND DEPOSITION OF SILICA SCALE IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS A method for inhibiting the formation and deposition of silica and silicate compounds in water systems comprising adding to the water in the water system an effective inhibiting amount of one or more water-soluble polymers of formula ... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20080264870 | Cooling water corrosion inhibition method A method of providing corrosion inhibition to copper, nickel, aluminum, zinc, tin, lead, beryllium, carbon steel, various alloys of such metals, and galvanized coatings in evaporative cooling water applications approaching zero liquid discharge that are specifically att... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080264871 | Method of Treating Fumed Silica-Containing Drainage Water In a process for treatment of powdery fumed silica, fumed silica to be discarded is collected by dispersing the fumed silica in water. Disclosed is a method for treatment of a fumed silica-containing wastewater collected in the process. The method comprises the steps of... | 10/30/2008 |
| 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 |
| 20080135476 | Sludge Quality The invention provides the use of an effective amount of a non-oxidising water-soluble biocide in the improvement of sludge quality by reducing the sludge tendency towards bulking, wherein the biocide comprises an alkyl-substituted phosphonium compound, an alkyl-substit... | 06/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 20080011687 | Silica scale inhibition A method of inhibiting silica/silicate scale in aqueous systems is disclosed which comprises the addition to an aqueous system of a scale inhibiting amount of an ester of (A) a carboxylic acid functional polymer obtained by polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated carb... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20070227978 | Method of supply amount management of water treating agent To simply and accurately determine the concentration of a water treating agent in thermal equipment upon management of a supply amount of the water treating agent, a method of controlling a supply amount of a water treating agent according to the present invention inclu... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070007212 | Hydro-thermal energy and fire protection system The present invention is a geo-thermal energy system comprised of: at least one extraction pump that draws water from a natural water source; at least one heat exchanger, each of which provides an energy source, from which one or more corresponding buildings can extract... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20060124553 | Method of preventing or reducing aluminosilicate scale in high level nuclear wastes Materials and a process are provided whereby polymers with the pendant group or end group containing —Si(OR″)3 (where R″ is H, an alkyl group, Na, K, or NH4) are used to control aluminosilicate scaling in a nuclear waste process. When materia... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060054563 | Composition for preventing of slime and method for preventing slime A composition for preventing formation of slime which comprises a chlorine-based oxidizing agent, a sulfamic acid compound, one of an anionic polymer or a phosphonic acid compound and a process for preventing formation of slime which comprises adding the composition to ... | 03/16/2006 |
| 20050145574 | Method of treating mine drainage A method of treating mine drainage water including the step of adding a scale control agent to the mine drainage water and, optionally, adding an oxidizing agent to the mine drainage water and/or precipitating and settling the metals in their hydroxide form from the wat... | 07/07/2005 |
