| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 210675000 | Rehabilitating or regenerating in diverse zone or chamber | 18 |
| 20100025334 | Rehabilitating contaminated water treatment media with resource recovery - Dissolved metals are removed from contaminated water by passing the water through a bed containing media bodies, preferably limestone bodies. Various contaminants carried by the water become associated with the media bodies, thereby inhibiting water flow. The media bodies are rehabilitated by using an excavator, loader, or other machine to scoop them into a bucket having a peripheral wall including a sieve, immersing the container into a liquid held in a wash pit, rotating the bucket so that contaminants abraded from the bodies fall through the sieve into the pit, removing the container from the liquid, and dumping the rehabilitated media bodies from the bucket. When the media bodies have filtered mine drainage containing a particular dissolved metal such as manganese or iron for example, a residue remaining in the basin is a rich source of metal compounds that can be recovered for economic use. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100181255 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ELIMINATING FOREIGN MATTERS PRESENT IN DISSOLVED FORM FROM WASTE WATER - A method for continuously eliminating foreign matter, may have the following steps: a) through-flow of a reactor with waste water in a flow direction, b) adding of magnetic or magnetizable particles to a feeding point in the reactor, wherein at least one foreign matter is attached to the particles, c) separating of particles charged with foreign matter to another spot in the reactor, located opposite the feeding point in the downward flow direction by applying a magnetic field to the water flow for the transport of particles into a collecting area connected fluidic with the reactor and d) separating of the particles and the foreign matter connected to the particles from each other. A device may have a reactor receiving waste water polluted with pollutants, a collecting area for polluted magnetic or magnetizable particles, and may produce a magnetic field, transporting the particles into the collecting area. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110068059 | MERCURY REMOVAL WITH SORBENTS MAGNETICALLY SEPARABLE FROM TREATED FLUIDS - Methods and apparatus relate to treatment of fluids to remove mercury contaminants in the fluid. Contact of the fluid with active outer surfaces of particles magnetically separable from the fluid loads the particles with the mercury contaminants. Magnetic separation then removes from the fluid the particles loaded with the mercury contaminants such that a treated product remains. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20120228230 | ADSORPTION OF CONTAMINANTS FROM LIQUID AND ELECTROCHEMICAL REGENERATION OF ADSORBENT - A method for the treatment of a liquid. The method comprises contacting the liquid within a treatment zone with an adsorbent material, which is then electrochemically regenerated within a regeneration zone following contact with said liquid. A disinfectant precursor species is provided within the regeneration zone and then electrochemically converted to a disinfectant species which can then contact adsorbent material and/or liquid within the regeneration zone effecting in-situ disinfection and resulting in the presence of residual disinfectant species in the treated liquid. There is further provided apparatus for carrying out such a method. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130240451 | Apparatus and Methods for Removing Contaminants from a Liquid - An apparatus for removing a contaminant from a liquid includes a tension element extending along a length of the liquid and may be near a bottom of the liquid. A plurality of buoyant strips having a polymer defining an open-cell foam are attached to the tension element and extend to a surface of the liquid, with at least a portion of the strips floating on the surface. The polymer may include ethylene alkyl acrylate copolymer (e.g., 100% EMA copolymer). | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130284674 | ORGANIC COMPOUND ADSORBING MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Provided herein is a material for monitoring and/or treating the presence of contaminant organic compounds in water. The material is a matrix of fibers impregnated with one or more metal oxides. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130306565 | Electrochemical Ion Exchange Water Treatment - An apparatus for treating water, comprising an electrochemical cell; and at least one ion exchange container in fluid communication with said electrochemical cell. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140284280 | METHOD FOR REMOVING A POLLUTING SUBSTANCE FROM A WATER SOURCE - A method for removal of a hydrocarbon substance floating on a body of water, in particular petroleum and/or its derivatives, characterized in that it envisages the use of greasy animal wool, with a fibre having a diameter greater than 25 μm, to absorb said substance. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140305873 | Systems and Methods For Separating Mine Tailings From Water-Absorbing Polymers and Regenerating the Separated Water-Absorbing Polymers - Systems and methods for separating mine tailings from water-absorbing polymers and regenerating the separated water-absorbing polymers. The systems and methods include a separation assembly that is configured to receive an augmented mine tailings slurry that includes mine tailings, water, and a swollen water-absorbing polymer. The separation assembly separates the swollen water-absorbing polymer from the augmented mine tailings slurry to produce a dewatered mine tailings slurry. The systems and methods further include a water-absorbing polymer regeneration unit that is configured to receive the swollen water-absorbing polymer. The water-absorbing polymer regeneration unit at least partially releases water from the swollen water-absorbing polymer to produce a regenerated water-absorbing polymer, and as a separate output or product, the released water. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150129503 | ION EXCHANGE PROCESS WITH PLUG FLOW CONDITIONS AND SHORT RESIDENCE TIMES - Method of removing dissolved organic carbons from raw water, containing suspended and/or colloidal matter in a suspended ion exchange process, includes:
| 05-14-2015 |
| 210676000 | Continuous cyclic process | 8 |
| 20090114598 | Water Softening Device and Method - The present invention provides a water softening device for application in a household appliance comprising a flow-through capacitor for the production of wash amplified water (WAW) from tap water, having less than 5° FH, being suitable for use in said appliance when the device is in operation; the configuration of the device is such that the capacitor can be regenerated, whereby no added substances are used. Said washing machine being suitable for use with low environmental impact detergent products. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090242488 | APPARATUS FOR THE ELECTROCHEMICAL REGENERATION OF ABSORBENTS - Apparatus for treating liquid by contact with a particulate adsorbent material comprises a regeneration chamber ( | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100059445 | APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING ADSORBATE AND METHOD OF CONTINUOUSLY SEPARATING ADSORBATE - It is intended to provide to provide an apparatus for separating an adsorbate, that permits continuous separation of the adsorbate from a processing material containing solid particles, sticky substances and water-soluble proteins alone or in combination without pretreatment, and a method of continuously separating the adsorbate. In the present invention, the processing is carried out, while a loop adsorbent is circulated. Specifically, an adsorbate is adsorbed, not by supply of the processing solution through the adsorbent, but by contact thereof with the adsorbent. In addition, the adsorbent after desorption of the adsorbate is cleaned. As a result, provided are an apparatus for separating an adsorbate, that permits continuous processing and separation of the adsorbate even from a processing material containing solid particles, sticky substances and water-soluble proteins alone or in combination without pretreatment and a method of continuously separating the adsorbate. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20110163038 | METHODS FOR HYDRODYNAMIC CONTROL OF A CONTINUOUS WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus for removing contaminants from liquid using a continuously circulating stream of purifying media are disclosed. In one embodiment the method includes mixing a regenerated purifying media with a contaminated liquid containing diverse contaminants; co-currently transporting the purifying media and the contaminated liquid in a mixed state; removing, using the purifying media, while co-currently transporting the purifying media and the contaminated liquid, contaminants from the contaminated liquid so as to produce a mixture of a decontaminated liquid and a contaminated purifying media; and separating contaminated purifying media from the decontaminated liquid. In addition, the contaminated purifying media is contacted in counter current fashion with a regenerant solution so as to produce a regenerated purifying media and the regenerated purifying media is returned to the mixing step, whereby the continuously circulating purifying media selectively removes contaminants from the liquid. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110290734 | SCREENLESS GRANULAR MEDIA FILTERS AND METHODS OF USE - A liquid filtering apparatus is placed in a vessel having a bed of filtration material, the bed comprising at least two different sizes of filter media wherein the filtration material is stratified using upper and lower spaced apart inverted cones so that the unfiltered liquid first contacts coarse grained filtration material and then finer grained filtration material. The apparatus includes an intake for introducing unfiltered liquid that includes a washbox, an airlifting tube extending from the washbox and including an intake end and means for introducing a primary gas to the airlifting tube, the airlifting tube passing through a central pipe, which extends from just below the washbox to a position just above the intake end. The apparatus is devoid of screen cartridges. Methods of filtering and cleaning the filtration material are also disclosed. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20130001168 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADSORBING AND DESORBING LITHIUM IONS USING A CCD PROCESS - The present disclosure provides a method for adsorption/desorption of lithium ions from brine, which employs a counter current decantation process in adsorption/desorption of lithium ions, thereby achieving an adsorption rate of 65±5% and a desorption rate of 95±3%. The method includes supplying brine into one of a plurality of adsorption reactors, adsorbing lithium ions to an adsorbent by supplying the adsorbent to the adsorption reactor to which the brine is supplied and forcing the brine and the adsorbent to sequentially flow backwards inside the respective adsorption reactors, and desorbing the lithium ions from the brine by forcing the adsorbent to which the lithium ions are adsorbed to sequentially flow backwards inside a plurality of desorption reactors. Here, the brine and the adsorbent are stirred by a stirrer to maintain the adsorbent in an intermediate state instead of settling or floating inside the respective adsorption reactors. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20140076816 | APPARATUS AND CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED SYSTEM - A novel apparatus for an ion exchange system is provided. The apparatus comprises a first column for housing a first fluidized bed through which particles are flowed countercurrently to an ion-containing fluid to yield ion-loaded particles, a second column through which the ion-loaded particles are flowed countercurrently to an eluent fluid to yield regenerated particles, and a transport section which transfers the regenerated particles for re-introduction into the first column to repeat the ion exchange cycle in a continuous manner. A continuous method of ion exchange is also provided. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20160031722 | COUNTERFLOW ADSORPTION FILTER COLUMN FOR WATER TREATMENT - The present invention relates to a method for treatment and/or purification of water, in particular wastewater or drinking water, preferably for the adsorptive removal of inorganically based or organic, in particular organically-based, impurities, such as trace substances and/or micropollutants, wherein, in a counterflow filter device, in particular a counterflow adsorption filter column, the water that is to be treated and/or that is to be purified firstly, and, secondly, an, in particular particulate, adsorption material are conducted in counterflow and/or in opposite direction to one another. In particular, in this case, a procedure is followed in such a manner that the water that is to be treated and/or that is to be purified is passed through a bed of the adsorption material present in the counterflow filter device for the adsorptive removal of impurities and the bed is exchanged and regenerated by preferably continuous removal and supply of the adsorption material in counterflow to the water that is to be treated and/or that is to be purified | 02-04-2016 |
