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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7595000 | 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 fil... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7479229 | Method for removing heavy metals from and dissolving calcium and/or magnesium scales in water or aqueous system The present invention relates to a method for removing a heavy metal from and/or dissolving calcium and/or magnesium scales in water or an aqueous system comprising using γ-polyglutamic acid (γ-PGA, H form), and/or one or more of its salts (i.e., γ-polyglutamate ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7422691 | Method and apparatus for the demineralization of water The present invention relates to a method for the demineralization of water using a combination of a monodisperse cation filter operated as a lift bed and a monodisperse anion filter operated in the cocurrent flow procedure, and also devices which comprise such a li... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419601 | Nanomesh article and method of using the same for purifying fluids Disclosed herein are articles for removing contaminants from a fluid, such as a liquid or gas, the article comprising carbon nanotubes, which comprise at least one molecule or cluster attached thereto or located therein, wherein the carbon nanotubes are present in t... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7341666 | Poly-β-carboxyacrylamide polymer, use thereof and process for preparing the same A poly-β-carboxyacrylamide polymer of formula (I) wherein X is an alkaline metal or a substituent capable of bringing about an exchange reaction with a salt of an alkaline earth metal, said polymer having a ponderal average molecular weight greater than or equal to... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7273558 | Method and device for reducing scale formation and/or corrosion in systems which conduct liquids The invention relates to a method and a device for reducing scale formation and/or corrosion in systems which conduct liquids or are in contact with liquids. According to the invention, this is achieved without reducing the quantity of hardness constituents containe... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270796 | Ammonium/ammonia removal from a stream In one embodiment, an ammonium removal method can comprise: removing a multivalent cation from a stream comprising ammonium to form a treated stream; converting the ammonium in the stream to ammonia by increasing the pH of the stream; and separating the ammonia from... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261819 | Water treatment method A water treatment system for removing hard ions from source water. The water treatment system is of the type that includes a pair of ion-exchange water softener tanks connectable to a source of pressurized water and with a water system to supply softened water to th... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7157005 | Regenerant reuse The invention provides a method for recycling the waste regenerant from softeners. The method includes passing a high concentration of monovalent ionic halide salt through a resin bed. The high monovalent cation concentration causes the divalent cations on the resin... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7122164 | Niobate-based octahedral molecular sieves Niobate-based octahedral molecular sieves having significant activity for multivalent cations and a method for synthesizing such sieves are disclosed. The sieves have a net negatively charged octahedral framework, comprising niobium, oxygen, and octahedrally coordin... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122148 | Cooling water scale and corrosion inhibition A methods of the present invention for inhibiting silica scale formation and corrosion in aqueous systems where soluble silica residuals (SiO2) are maintained in excess of 200 mg/L, and source water silica deposition is inhibited with silica accumulations... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7098327 | Dual-functional ion exchange resins from agricultural by-products A process for the production of dual-functional ion exchange resins from lignocellulosic agricultural material involving anionization of the lignocellulosic agricultural material with citric acid and then cationization of the lignocellulosic agricultural material wi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7083732 | Method and installation for removal of metal cations from a liquid by resins with polyazacycloalkanes grafted on a support The invention is related to a method and an installation for removal of metal cations contained in a liquid, in which said liquid is brought into contact at a temperature greater than or equal to 60° C. with a chelating ion exchange resin formed from a polyazacyclo... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077968 | Method for continuously filtering raw brine for use in chlor-alkali electrolysis The method of continuously processing raw brine with a solids content to obtain substantially solids-free pure brine (E) for use in chlor-alkali electrolysis. In this method the raw brine (A) is separated, by means of a decanter (1), into a clear brine (B) wi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6998092 | 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 an... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6977047 | Method and system for the manufacture of pharmaceutical water A method is provided for manufacturing pharmaceutical water by means of distillation and sanitizing the equipment used in said manufacturing. The method comprises the removal of suspended solids from chlorine-containing water by means of a multimedia filter, followe... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6969466 | Purification of ammonia Highly pure aqueous solution of ammonia, typically electronics grade for use in semiconductor manufacturing is prepared by passing a solution of ammonia through at least one cation exchange resin bed to remove substantially all of the cation contaminants; subsequent... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969303 | Method and composition for removing coatings which contain hazardous elements A method for removing a coating on a surface by applying a treatment composition layer to the coating to be removed. The treatment composition layer is made up of (Is) a first material selected from the compounds of sodium and potassium silicates, sodium and potassi... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6949192 | Apparatus for producing USP or WFI purified water An improved water purification system for production of USP purified water and/or USP water for injection include backwashable, chlorine tolerant microfilter or ultrafilter for initial filtration of the feed water (10). The filtrate from the filter (18... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6949193 | 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 an... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6929749 | Cooling water scale and corrosion inhibition A methods of the present invention for inhibiting silica scale formation and corrosion in aqueous systems where soluble silica residuals (SiO2) are maintained in excess of 200 mg/L, and source water silica deposition is inhibited with silica accumulations... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926835 | Water softening device Sampling pipes 21 and 22 are inserted, separated from outlet openings, into first and second water softeners 4 and 11. Raw water flows through first water softener 4, and raw water does not flow through second water softener 11 | 08/09/2005 |
| 6906109 | Method for controling uniformity of colloidal silica particle size A system and method are disclosed for producing uniform size silica particles by the steps of providing preformed colloidal silica particles having a surface area, adding an alkali metal silicate and a cation exchange resin to produce a quantity of feed silica at a ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6869537 | Metal chelate-forming fiber, process for producing the same, method of trapping metal ion with the fiber, and metal chelate fiber A fiber capable of forming a metal chelate and a process for producing the same are disclosed, wherein the fiber is characterized in that at least one metal chelate-forming compound selected from the group consisting of aminocarboxylic acid, aminocarboxylic acid, th... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6863808 | Modular water softener system A water softener system including a hard water flow pipe through which hard water flows, a modular water softener assembly, and a regeneration tank is provided. The modular water softener assembly includes an elongated tube having a first end, a second end, a length... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6861002 | Reactive compositions for fluid treatment A method and device for the chemical conversion, filtration and/or purification of fluids water or other solutions containing microbiological and chemical contaminants, such as fluids containing arsenic, chlorine, bacteria, viruses, and cysts, where the fluid is pas... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6846416 | Process for treating chromate waste liquid The invention relates to a process for treating a chromate waste liquid containing an organic acid component. This process includes (a) adding a chromium precipitation accelerating agent containing at least one of a calcium component and a magnesium component, to th... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6846417 | Co-retarding agents for preparing purified brine The invention relates to a process to produce brine of improved purity by dissolving salt that contains a calcium sulfate source in water, in the presence of a retarding agent, while using one or more co-retardants to bind contaminants that could interfere with the ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6790362 | Efficiency mode for water softener The present invention provides a controller for a water softener having an ion exchange resin capable of receiving hard water ions from hard water during a softening step and releasing the hard water ions during a regeneration step. The controller includes a process... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6783684 | Water softening apparatus and associated method for sensing depletion of salt in a brine tank A water softening apparatus (10) comprises a regeneration tank (12) and a brine tank (14). An ion exchange resin (26) is located within the regeneration tank (12) and salt (38) is located within the brine tank (14). W... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6776913 | Water softening method and apparatus for use therewith The present invention generally relates to the removal of certain salts, such as those of calcium or magnesium, from water. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a method for efficiently softening water containing certain ions in a manner which lim... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6709527 | Treatment of sugar juice A process for treating impure cane-derived sugar juice comprises subjecting, in a clarification stage, the juice to microfiltration/ultrafiltration to decrease the levels of suspended solids, organic non-sugar impurities and/or color therein. The resultant clarified... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6689276 | Autonomous cleaning apparatus and method An apparatus, method, and composition provide a long-term, solid cartridge made of cleaning agents mixed at an equilibrium concentration with a solubility limiting agent for controlling an equilibrium concentration of the composition in a solvent, such as... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6666971 | Method for utilizing regenerated waste from water softeners used for steam flood operations The present invention provides a method of treating the waste brine generated by the regeneration step in a water softener system and for recovering the treated waste brine so that it can be utilized as the regeneration feed for the water softener regener... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6653396 | Process for the preparation of zeolite A for use in formulations based on two-component polyurthane resins Zeolites of type A wherein all the cationic sites of which occupied by sodium, calcium and/or magnesium, potassium and hydronium cations, which exhibit the advantage of having a water adsorption capacityࣙ23%, which do not adsorb and therefore cannot des... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6593379 | Method for converting a weakly acid ion exchanger material from the H form into the Ca form The invention relates to a method and a device for converting a preferably weak acid ion-exchange material from the H form into the Ca form, according to which the ion-exchange material is brought into contact with an aqueous, preferably saturated, Ca(OH)... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6572776 | Method of static water softening using zeolites of novel morphology A method of water softening utilizes macrocrystalline aggregates consisting essentially of submicron crystals of aluminosilicate zeolite. The aggregates have a size of greater than 5 microns and are used in a static bed water softening device. Both regene... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6551515 | Particulate soild supports functionalized with EGTA ligands Compositions and methods for selectively binding specific metal ions, such as Ca2+ and Cd2+, contained in a source solution are disclosed and described. This is accomplished by the use of a composition comprised of an EGTA ligand cov... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6527958 | Device for reducing water hardness (softener) having a resins exhaustion sensor, and washing machine having said device A water softener for reducing water hardness, suitable for use in a household washing machine, in particular a dishwasher, has a container within which ionic exchange resins are housed, which reduce the degree of hardness of water contacting them, and app... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6524372 | Silica gel incorporating polyazacycloalkane structural units A novel compound which can be used in the field of separation and purification of gases is disclosed. The compound can be incorporated into a silica gel incorporating polyazacycloalkane structural units for separating a predetermined gas from a mixture of... | 02/25/2003 |
