| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 204666000 | Plural separate treatment chambers or zones | 9 |
| 20090218227 | DEIONIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A capacitive deionization apparatus, wherein a spacing distance between electrodes of cells is uniformly maintained and a flow in the cells is optimized to improve efficiency of the deionization apparatus and contact resistance between a carbon material and a collector is reduce to improve electrical conductivity, is disclosed. The capacitive deionization apparatus which includes a plurality of electrode modules, each having a collector and electrodes disposed on upper and lower surfaces of the collector to electrically and chemically remove ions from liquid, includes a plurality of plates made of a stiff material are alternately stacked with the electrode modules such that the electrode modules are spaced at specific intervals, wherein the collector and the electrodes are pressed by a pair of adjacent plates among the plurality of plates to maintain a contact therebetween. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100000867 | DEVICE FOR COALESCING FLUIDS - A device for coalescing an emulsion component in an emulsion including a mixture of at least two different fluid components by an electric field applied to the emulsion. The device includes at least one electrostatic coalescer element. The coalescer element includes a tubular channel made of an electrically insulating material, a first electrode mounted on one side of the tubular channel, and a second electrode mounted on the other side of the tubular channel, a first end wall including a first opening adapted to receive a first end of the tubular channel, and a second end wall including a corresponding second opening adapted to receive a second end of the tubular channel. The walls together with the tubular channel isolate the emulsion from the electrodes. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100116667 | INTEGRATED VACUUM EVACUATION OF WASTE FOAM/GAS FROM AN ELECTROCOAGULATION UNIT DURING EFFLUENT TREATMENT - Apparatus and method are disclosed for integrated waste foam/gas evacuation from an electrocoagulation unit. The electrocoagulation unit has a primary electrocoagulation reaction chamber with processing electrodes maintained therein. A flotation chamber is integrated above the reaction chamber and a vacuum hood is affixed over the flotation chamber. A vacuum nozzle device is connectable with a vacuum source and received through the hood and in the flotation chamber, a height adjustable foam intake provided at one end of the nozzle. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100126868 | FLUID HEAD HEIGHT AND FOAM/GAS LEVEL CONTROL IN ELECTROCOAGULATION APPARATUS - Fluid head height and foam/gas level control apparatus associated with a primary reaction chamber of an effluent processing electrocoagulation assembly is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of rotatable disks each having an orifice located therethrough toward an outer circumference of the disk. The disks are mounted in a horizontal array of openings located at an upper portion of the primary reactor chamber, the orifices communicating through the openings, height of the orifices in the chamber being selectable by rotation of the disks. Rotatable restrictor plates are mounted on the disks for selective restriction of flow through the orifice. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100126869 | ELECTROCOAGULATION APPARATUS WITH INTEGRATED SLUDGE CHAMBER AND FEED CONTROLLER ASSEMBLY - Electrocoagulation and sludge control apparatus and feed controller assembly for effluent treatment are disclosed, the apparatus including a primary reaction chamber having electrodes mounted therein and a treated effluent output. A sludge chamber is defined below and integrated with the primary reaction chamber and has a selectively openable outlet. The feed controller assembly is intermediate the primary reaction chamber and the sludge chamber and has a length selected for distribution of all effluent feed water across substantially an entire length of the primary reaction chamber. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100219077 | ELECTROLYTIC APPARATUS FOR TREATING BALLAST WATER AND TREATMENT SYSTEM USING SAME - A ballast water electrolytic apparatus for treating ballast water comprising a ballast water electrolytic chamber and an oxygen supply chamber, the ballast water electrolytic chamber including an anode for producing chlorine oxides by electrolyzing ballast water and an oxygen cathode for separating the ballast water electrolytic chamber and the oxygen supply chamber and for producing water by reacting hydrogen ions in the ballast water electrolytic chamber with oxygen flowing into the oxygen supply chamber. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20140048418 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVAL OF IONS COMPRISING MULTIPLE STACKS - An apparatus to remove ions from water. The apparatus may include a stack having a first electrode including a first current collector, a spacer on top of the first electrode, and a second electrode on top of the spacer. The stack may have a tray to hold and position the stack within a housing of the apparatus and thus may improve the manufacturability of the apparatus. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20150060286 | WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Water treatment systems and associated methods are generally described. Certain of the water treatment systems and methods described herein can be used to pre-treat an aqueous stream that is subsequently transported to a desalination apparatus and/or post-treat an aqueous stream that has been produced by a desalination apparatus. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150090596 | MICROFLUIDIC PROCESS MONITOR FOR INDUSTRIAL SOLVENT EXTRACTION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a system for solvent extraction utilizing a first electrode with a raised area formed on its surface, which defines a portion of a microfluidic channel; a second electrode with a flat surface, defining another portion of the microfluidic channel that opposes the raised area of the first electrode; a reversibly deformable substrate disposed between the first electrode and second electrode, adapted to accommodate the raised area of the first electrode and having a portion that extends beyond the raised area of the first electrode, that portion defining the remaining portions of the microfluidic channel; and an electrolyte of at least two immiscible liquids that flows through the microfluidic channel. Also provided is a system for performing multiple solvent extractions utilizing several microfluidic chips or unit operations connected in series. | 04-02-2015 |
