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| 8152990 | Water purification using conveyor sweep Process and apparatus to remove colloids and nitrogen compounds from contaminated water by coagulating the colloids and separating them from the water. The solids are floated by sparging and then the floating solids are swept from the surface of the water into an ex... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7419603 | Water treatment method The present invention provides a physical water treatment (PWT) method and apparatus to treat liquid coolants. Electrodes (22, 24) are provided in a coolant stream (21), and an alternating voltage is applied across the electrodes (22, 24) to pro... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413667 | Water decontamination apparatus and method A process and apparatus for water purification has a stationary electrode opposing a movable electrode which are positioned about a passageway for the water to be purified. The stationary electrode and movable electrode form an arc gap, and the arc gap is fed with a... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7374655 | Electrochemical water purifier An electrolytic water purification system and method use provides a water filtration device with a plurality of electrolytic cells having anodes and cathodes specifically selected to remove contaminants from water. The device is capable of efficiently removing nearl... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368564 | Bridged macrocyclic module compositions This invention is related to the fields of organic chemistry and nanotechnology. In particular, it relates to materials and methods for the preparation of organic synthons and bridged macrocyclic module compounds. The bridged macrocyclic module compounds may be used... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7244360 | Water treatment process The present invention provides a physical water treatment (PWT) method and apparatus to treat liquid coolants. Electrodes (22, 24) are provided in a coolant stream (21), and an alternating voltage is applied across the electrodes (22, 24) to pro... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241390 | Method and system for biologic decontamination of a vessel's ballast water A system for elimination of unwanted species from contaminated ship ballast water. The apparatus comprises an electrolytic cell containing at least one pair of electrodes, electric alternating current, and parallel perforated electrodes, for providing an effective a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7211185 | Method and apparatus for electrocoagulation of liquids An electrocoagulation treatment device includes a plurality of spaced reaction plates disposed within a reaction chamber. A voltage is applied to selected reaction plates to create an electrical field within the electrocoagulation chamber. The plates are arranged ve... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7186323 | Electrolyzed water production system An electrolytic ion-water production apparatus in which purified water without residual chlorine is electrolyzed to produce alkaline-ion water without any chloride smell of lime in use of the apparatus, and in which a mixture of purified water treated by a water pur... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7081194 | Method for treating ETA-containing wastewater ETA-containing wastewater discarded from a regenerator of a nuclear power plant with a pressurized water reactor is neutralized with sodium hydroxide to adjust the pH value, metals are precipitated and separated, the wastewater is thereafter supplied to a filtration... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7070685 | Method and device for decontaminating water which contains metal and/or is radioactively contaminated The invention relates to an efficient process and device for the decontamination of waters polluted with heavy metals, semimetals and/or radionuclides by cation exchange and electrochemical deposition of the anions. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7001520 | Method for treating waste-activated sludge using elecroporation A method of treating of municipal sludge, paper-pulp sludge, animal and plant waste, and the like, whereby the treatment thereof via electroporation causes the breakdown of waste activated sludge, which is then recycled back to a bioreactor, or to one or more additi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6960887 | Method and apparatus for tuning a plasma reactor chamber A plasma reactor or vacuum processing apparatus is provided with an orifice plate assembly. The orifice plate assembly includes an upper plate and a lower plate. Each plate is configured with through holes. The upper and lower orifice plates are independently rotata... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6937686 | Iron control in BWR's with sacrificial electrodes Method for controlling the level of iron in feedwater of a BWR wherein an iron-containing sacrificial electrode in placed contact with the feed water dissolution of the electrode is induced at a rate which provides a desired level of iron in the feedwater. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6869626 | Production method of ultrafine gold particle-dissolved water and device therefor The present invention realized the production of a water product having excellent physiological activity such as health promoting activity and the utilization of the water, in which ultrafine gold particles having a diameter as small as 1-2 figures in micron order, ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6797179 | Method 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 plates disposed ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6733654 | Water treatment method and apparatus A method of operating a cooling tower comprises feeding to the cooling tower a make-up stream of water containing organic and/or biological contaminants, causing a side stream taken from the recirculating stream to pass through an electrolytic cell, removing solids ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6723226 | Method and apparatus for forming electrolytic water and apparatus for washing semiconductor substrate using electrolytic water-forming apparatus In forming an electrolytic water, pure water or ultra-pure water is added to at least one solid supporting electrolyte selected from the group consisting of oxalic acid, ammonium oxalate, ammonium formate, ammonium bicarbonate, and ammonium tartrate to prepare a sol... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6719893 | Method for removing phosphorus from water to be treated using an electric field Phosphorus is removed from water to be treated by immersing electrodes into a tank filled with the water to be treated, applying a DC voltage between the electrodes to generate hydroxide ions through a cation migration in the water and/or an electrolysis, and precip... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6709594 | Method for treating waste-activated sludge using electroporation A method of treating of municipal sludge, paper-pulp sludge, animal and plant waste, and the like, whereby the treatment thereof via electroporation causes the breakdown of waste activated sludge, which is then recycled back to a bioreactor, or to one or more additi... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6699381 | Water purification/sterilization method and device therefor It is a compact water purification/sterilization method and its device with a high electrolytic efficiency in which even though it is used continuously for a long period of time in order to purify and sterilize water with low electrical conductivity such ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6663766 | Electroflocculation process and apparatus The invention provides an electroflocculation process for producing potable water from impure water, comprising forming trivalent ions in situ by electrolysis of metallic electrodes (16) selected from the group consisting of metallic aluminum electrodes a... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6558537 | Portable hydration system A portable hydration system comprising water disinfection, filtration and pump features. The system comprises an electrolytic oxidant generating cell which utilizes a salt to create oxidants for disinfecting liquids such as water.... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6555010 | Solution mining process for removing metals from aqueous solution A process is disclosed for obtaining colloid-forming metal particles from an aqueous mine waste solution containing that metal in ionic form. In accordance with this process, an aqueous mine waste solution containing that metal in ionic form is provided h... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6540919 | Method of treating waste-activated sludge using electroporation A system that allows the flexibility of primary and secondary treatment of municipal sludge, paper-pulp sludge, animal and plant waste, whereby the treatment thereof via electroporation may be used either as the primary dewatering treatment, secondary dew... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6533942 | Cooling tower water cleaning system A cooling tower water purification system uses an electrical cleaning method by passing water over or through an anode and a cathode. The pH of the water is monitored and adjusted using injected CO2 gas. The water can also be mechanically filte... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6491820 | Method for the molecular destruction of waste-activated sludge using high electrical voltage The present invention is directed to a pulsed electric-field system for rupturing and destroying molecular cellular units of waste-activated sludge to thereby liberate intracellular water molecules from the solids-content thereof. The waste-activated slud... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6468414 | Method of purification of a redox mediator before electrolytic regeneration thereof A method for purifying a Redox mediator used in a chemical process of oxidation of organic compounds. The desired purification is obtained by recovering the mediator in the form of a solution and heating this solution to evaporate the volatile impurities ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6395176 | Method for treating waste-activated sludge using electroporation A system that allows the flexibility of primary and secondary treatment of municipal sludge, paper-pulp sludge, animal and plant waste, whereby the treatment thereof via electroporation may be used either as the primary dewatering treatment, secondary dew... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6346197 | Water and wastewater treatment system and process for contaminant removal A system and process for removing contaminants from water and wastewater, where the water or wastewater is transformed into purified water that can be discharged to the environment. Wastewater is transported through several stations for purification, incl... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6332972 | Decontamination method and system, such as an in-situ groundwater decontamination system, producing dissolved oxygen and reactive initiators An apparatus for decontamination contaminated groundwater in-situ by increasing the quantity of dissolved oxygen in the contaminated groundwater and generating reactive initiators to remediate the contaminated groundwater. The apparatus includes a submers... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6325916 | Waste water treatment method and apparatus A method for separating contaminants from a aqueous source containing contaminants. In one embodiment, the method involves the use of a high powdered oxidant dissolved within the aqueous system. The gas is dissolved within a reservoir in the aqueous solut... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6284293 | Method for generating oxygenated water An apparatus 10 generates oxygenated water having a significantly reduced oxidation reduction potential (ORP). A carbon filter 100 removes particulate impurities from the water as it comes into the apparatus. A water softener 150 removes minerals from the... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6235189 | Method of supplying dissolved carbon dioxide to plants in an aqueous medium The invention provides a method of supplying dissolved carbon dioxide to plants in an aqueous medium characterized by electrolyzing the water in the aqueous medium by electrodes disposed in the aqueous medium and supplied with electric current. At least o... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6228251 | Electrolytic water producing apparatus and cleaning method for the same Acid water containing hypochlorous acid is produced by an anode chamber of an electrolytic chamber, and alkali water is produced by a cathode chamber. The acid water is reserved in a reservoir tank and is returned into the anode chamber by actuating a ret... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6207060 | Method for treating water to be provided to an animal The inventive method assures the retention of calcium in drinking water provided to an animal by suppling water to a water feed line which is connected to a drinking device, oxidizing the water to retain calcium in the water in solution, ionizing the wate... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6096222 | Agent to remove dissolved contaminants from water An apparatus and method for removing hydrocarbon contaminants and heavy metal ion contaminants from wastewater stream comprising the introduction of iron ions into the stream. In one embodiment, the ions are introduced by applying an electrical current th... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6080300 | Electrolytic process for generation of low-sulphate ferric hydroxide suspensions to effect purification of wastewater The present invention is directed to a process for treating wastewater which comprises producing a ferric hydroxide suspension directly by electrolysis of the wastewater to precipitate heavy metals and organic or inorganic suspended solids thus purifying ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6056866 | Sterilizing apparatus and method for medical instruments The present invention provides a sterilizing apparatus and a sterilizing method for medical instruments enabling easy sterilization of medical instruments in a short time. There are provided an electrolyzation device which produces acidic electrolytic wat... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6045704 | Water purification system and method having a chlorine generating function in addition to a bacteriostatic function In a water purification system for purifying raw water with a first d.c. voltage is applied between a conductive adsorber portion (20) and a primary electrode (27) in the raw water, a second d.c. voltage higher than the first d.c. voltage is applied in pl... | 04/04/2000 |
