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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7837849 | Electrical treatment for oil based drilling or completion fluids A method of removing particulate solids from an oil based drilling or completion fluid is disclosed. The method involves exposing the fluid to an electric field to electrically migrate particulate solids suspended therein, and collecting the migrated particulate sol... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7402239 | Water purification apparatus and method of using the same A water purification apparatus, comprising a water pump, wherein the water pump inlet port receives water from an external source, a nonreturn valve in fluid communication with the water pump outlet port, and an ionizer chamber in fluid communication with the nonret... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7354509 | Wastewater treatment system A wastewater treatment system comprising means of decontaminating wastewater; means of measuring control parameters of the wastewater; means for controlling said decontamination means; and a programmable logic controller. The user is able to receive control paramete... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7288185 | Magnetic energy wave device A magnetic energy wave device has a winding spiral pipe, a magnetic conductive metal layer, a hollow coil holder, and a circuit board. A magnetic switch is assembled at a water inlet of the winding spiral pipe. The magnetic conductive metal layer is sleeved outside ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7267762 | Fluid treatment system apparatus and method A fluid treatment system for reducing odor, bacteria, and biological oxygen demand from a fluid having at least one tube, a control box, and a pump. The at least one tube has a plurality of conductors in electrical communication with the control box. The control box... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264712 | Fluid treatment system apparatus and method A fluid treatment system for reducing odor, bacteria, and biological oxygen demand from a fluid having at least one tube, a control box, and a pump. The at least one tube has a plurality of conductors in electrical communication with the control box. The control box... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7056362 | Separator tank assembly A separator tank assembly including a separator tank having an interior chamber, a corrosion-resistant layer applied over at least a portion of the separator tank interior chamber, and a separator element positioned within the interior chamber of the tank. The separ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7011750 | Water treatment device The object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment device in which temperature does not affect performance in nitrogen removal. Water circulates in a first anaerobic filter bed chamber 5, a second anaerobic filter bed chamber 10, a con... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6921423 | Separator tank assembly and method of manufacture A separator tank assembly including a separator tank having an interior chamber, a corrosion-resistant layer applied over at least a portion of the separator tank interior chamber, and a separator element positioned within the interior chamber of the tank. The separ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6860990 | Device for treating water A device for anti-bacterial treatment in particular decontamination and/or sterilisation of water and for killing micro-organisms in water, with a container designed to hold a water quantity intended to be treated and an electrode arrangement which is designed to ac... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6773602 | Manufacturing apparatus for the production of magnetized water and its method A device and a method for production of magnetized water by changing the arrangement of molecules of water takes advantage of the phenomenon that molecules of water form clusters and become enriched in a pulsating magnetic field. The device may include a chamber, fo... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6712947 | Water purifying apparatus with electric field generator A purifying apparatus for purifying flowing water includes a negative electrode plate disposed on a flowing water bed and a positive electrode plate disposed at an upper face opposite to the negative electrode plate, wherein the positive electrode plate is adapted t... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6706179 | Water magnetizer The present invention relates to a water magnetizer including a permeance member and a cooking recipient. The permeance member consists of two parallel disks spaced apart each other by a plurality of partitions located along the periphery of the disks, such that the... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6585867 | Production system of electrolyzed water In a production system of electrolyzed water A, alkaline water and acid water produced in a pair of electrode chambers 12, 23 of an electrolyzer 10 are discharged from discharge conduits 41, 42 through a flow passage changeover valve 50. The discharge con... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6582592 | Apparatus for removing dissolved metals from wastewater by electrocoagulation A system is provided for removing dissolved metals from industrial wastewater by electrocoagulation. The system includes an electrocoagulation reactor with a DC power supply having an insulation support enclosure with positive and negative electrode plate... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6524450 | Production system of electrolyzed water In a production system of electrolyzed water A having an electrolyzer provided with electrodes 14, 15, each pair of inlet conduits 21, 22 and outlet conduits 31, 32, a pair of discharge conduits 41, 42 provided with faucets 43, 44; 45, 46 respectively, a ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6325907 | Energy and weight efficient flow-through capacitor, system and method An energy efficient flow-through capacitor, particularly for the concentration and/or separation of seawater. The flow-through capacitor is successively charged and discharged prior to the cell voltage exceeding 1.5 volts.... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6309519 | Reactor for treating liquids using variable flow paths A reactor for removing impurities from aqueous solutions, wherein the liquid is passed through series of plateshaped reaction electrodes. The reactor comprises one more interconnected units (A, B, C, D) with a series of plateshaped electrodes (1, 2) valve... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6193878 | Multi-modal method and apparatus for treating a solution A multi-modal system for modifying water structure in a solution to continuously affect the hydration forces acting on the constituents in the solution. The system includes a containment vessel defining a treatment environment and including a wall definin... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5985108 | Controlling apparatus for continuous electrolytic ion water producing apparatus A controlling apparatus which can control a continuous electrolytic ion water producing apparatus so that an excess current when the electrolyzing strength is not adjusted appropriately can be prevented with certainty and harmless electrolytic ion water c... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5914021 | Apparatus and method for continuous extraction of a charged substance from a conductive fluid Apparatus and method for separating a charged substance from a conductive fluid in which the conductive fluid is transported to a charged substance separation assembly where an electrostatic field is imposed to separate the charged substance from the flui... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5902489 | Particle handling method by acoustic radiation force and apparatus therefore A chamber for exerting an ultrasound beam on a sample solution containing particles to be concentrated, separated or arranged is provided with a view toward arbitrarily controlling the shape of a spatial distribution of potential energy created by the ult... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5879546 | Water purification and recovery system A water purification system has a series of sequential operating stations each adapted to remove successively finer suspended or dissolved matter from contaminated water. The sequential steps employed are a pH neutralization step, a particulate precipitat... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5788827 | Means and method for removing particulate matter from nonconductive liquids In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus for removing particles from a nonconductive liquid, including: first sensing apparatus to sense a first net electrostatic charge on the particles in the liquid and to provide a first output signal indicative of the ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5783090 | Ionic water treatment system An apparatus for reducing micro-organism concentrations in a liquid having a surface has a portion of a first electrode that is disposed within the liquid. A portion of a second electrode is also disposed within the liquid. The second electrode is spaced ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 4988427 | Liquid/solid separation unit The flow of alternating current electrical power between electrode(s) and ground electrode(s) in contact with a working fluid is utilized in separating materials within the working fluid and to agitate the working fluid and separate contaminants within th... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4865748 | Method and system for variable frequency electromagnetic water treatment A method and system for utilizing variable frequency electromagnetic energy to inhibit, prevent, reverse, or alter the formation of rust or scale on various liquid contacting surfaces is disclosed. Initially, electromagnetic test signals of varied frequen... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4402818 | Electrofiltration system for purifying organic liquids Non-petroleum organic liquids (fats, animal and vegetable oils, etc.) containing solids (e.g., hydrogenation catalysts) are purified within a unique electrofiltration system wherein the organic liquids are passed through a selected bed material in which i... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4400253 | Voltage control system for electrostatic oil treater An automatic voltage control system controls the firing angle of a solid state switch (20), in turn the voltage applied to the primary winding (12) of a step-up transformer (10), in turn the voltage applied to the grid (38) and in turn the electric field ... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4350590 | Filtration system A liquid filter system capable of removing particles as small as one micron or less employing a novel electro-mechanical design in which layers of a fibrous filter media are alternated with electrically conductive porous sheets such as stainless steel scr... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4349430 | Apparatus for electrochemical purification of contaminated liquids An apparatus for electrochemical purification of contaminated liquids comprises a settling chamber having an outlet pipe to discharge purified liquid and communicating with an electrocoagulation chamber having soluble electrodes and inlet pipes to feed co... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4033851 | A.C. hydroelectrostatic precipitator A method and apparatus for separating oil from water in a raw mixture in which the mixture enters a separator tank having within it electrodes to which an A.C. voltage is applied to cause separation of the oil and water. In one embodiment, two sets of ele... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4012310 | Electrostatic water treatment system An electrostatic water treatment system in which the high voltage d.c. supply for the charging electrode is alternately turned on and off at lower and upper voltage limits and is turned off whenever the current exceeds the desired value. The alternating v... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3939395 | System for connecting and disconnecting power source terminals to a load for time proportional to the current drawn by the load The essential elements of the electrical system of a treater, or dehydrator, of produced oil well fluids are connected and physically oriented as mounted within the shell of the treater. The electrodes of the treater are energized from a line supply and e... | 02/17/1976 |
