Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
210724000 | Regulating pH | 31 |
20080314840 | Method For Separating Suspended Solid Materials From Aqueous Systems With Colloidal Flocculants - The invention relates to a method for separating suspended solid materials from aqueous systems, in which the latter is mixed with a flocculant made of polymer colloidal particles with cationic surface charge and subsequently the flocculated material is separated from the aqueous system. | 12-25-2008 |
20090057236 | Cleaning and purifying compositions and associated method for purifying process water from the refinement of petroleum - A cleaning and purifying composition including at least one solvent, an alkaline agent, a deflocculant, at least one surfactant selected from the group comprising an alcohol ethoxylate surfactant, an alkylamino-polyethoxy-sulfate surfactant, a polyether-phosphate ester surfactant, a surfactant that is a phosphate ester of an ethoxylated alcohol, and a surfactant that is a polyethyleneglycol monoaklyl ether, and a bonding agent. | 03-05-2009 |
20090057237 | Mobile systems and methods of sufficiently treating water so that the treated water may be utilized in well-treatment operations - A system is provided that includes: (a) a mobile platform; (b) an input pump operatively connected to be capable of pumping a treatment stream through the system; (c) a centrifugal separator operatively connected downstream of the input pump to centrifugally treat the treatment stream; (d) a borate filter operatively connected downstream of the centrifugal separator to filter the treatment stream capable of removing at least some of a borate when the treatment stream is at a pH of 8 or above; and (e) a chemical-additive subsystem operatively connected to be capable of: (i) selectively adding one or more chemical agents to the treatment stream upstream of the centrifugal separator, wherein the chemical agents can be selected to be capable of precipitating dissolved ions selected from the group consisting of: sulfate, calcium, strontium, or barium, magnesium, iron; and (ii) selectively adding a chemical agent to the treatment stream upstream of the borate filter to increase the pH of the treatment stream to 8 or above. | 03-05-2009 |
20100155337 | PROCESS OF TREATING SEWAGE IN TERNARY COMBINATION FLOODING - The present invention discloses a process of treating ternary combination flooding sewage, in particular, comprising treating the ternary combination flooding sewage after oil-water separation process in the following steps in order: (1) adding 1000-6000 mg/l pH regulator into the sewage to regulate pH to 5.0-7.5; ) (2) adding 500-5000 mg/l coagulant into the sewage; (3) adding 100-1000 mg/l organic flocculant into the sewage; (4) standing the sewage to deposit and separating out floccus from the sewage; and (5) filtering the sewage by delivering it to a known filtration device; the steps(1), (2) and (3) are always carried out under stirring and the added agents are maintained to be sufficiently mixed with the sewage. The effect of the present invention is that the process can treat the ternary combination flooding sewage which is extremely difficult to treat so as to meet the standard, and that the process has been put into the industrialized pilot with a treating capacity of 5000 m | 06-24-2010 |
20110024360 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT - Methods and compositions utilizing aluminum, magnesium, and calcium-based additives for the treatment and neutralization of wastewater are described for removing contaminants from wastewater, including reducing phosphorous-containing compounds, total suspended solids (TSS), biological oxygen demand (BOD), fats, oils, and greases (FOG), and total Kjedahl nitrogen (TKN) are described. Methods and compositions to control pH, sulfur and sodium loads present in wastewater and precipitatable solids are described. Concentrations of aluminum, magnesium, and calcium-based additives are maintained at mass action concentrations to the wastewater component levels present in the wastewater and bracketed approximately +/−0.5 pH units about the pK value of the soluble, buffering species. | 02-03-2011 |
20110042319 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING SLUDGE - The invention relates to a method for processing sludge, comprising the addition of a lime-based basic agent to a sludge having a first pH value in order to raise the pH to a second value higher than the first one, adding at least one anionic organic flocculating agent that is active at said second pH value, flocculating the sludge, and separating the flocculated sludge between dehydrated sludge and a liquid phase, wherein the sludge to be dehydrated has a first above-mentioned pH value lower than 9, while the lime-based basic agent induces said pH raise to said above-mentioned second value within less than 5 minutes. The invention also relates to a composition for implementing said processing. | 02-24-2011 |
20110042320 | TREATMENT OF CONTAMINATED WATER FROM GAS WELLS - Systems and methods for treating contaminated water from gas wells by adding an inorganic coagulant and a low molecular weight polymer to the contaminated water to increase the size of solid particulates in the water and to thereby allow the solid particulates to be filtered or to otherwise be removed from the water are disclosed herein. While the inorganic coagulant can be any suitable coagulant, in some cases the coagulant is selected from aluminum chlorohydrate, polyaluminum chloride, aluminum sulfate, and ferric sulfate. Similarly, the polymer can comprise any suitable polymer, such as epi/dma, a condensation product of epichlorohydrin and dimethyl amine. The described systems and methods can clean the contaminated water so that the water can then be treated in a variety of other manners, which may include reverse osmosis, deionization, treatment with mixed bed deionizers, electro-separation, fraction distillation, distillation, and other suitable water cleansing processes. | 02-24-2011 |
20110114568 | System and Method for Treating Wastewater - A wastewater treatment system includes a chemical treatment process tank for receiving and chemically treating wastewater. The wastewater treatment system also includes a blending system for receiving and activating a flocculating agent such as a polymer. The wastewater treatment system further includes a static mixer for introducing the flocculating agent into the wastewater and for promoting flocculation of the wastewater as the wastewater flows from the chemical treatment process tank to a clarification tank. | 05-19-2011 |
20110163043 | METHOD FOR TREATING FLOOR POLISH STRIPPING WASTEWATER AND WASHING WASTEWATER - To provide a method for treating floor polish stripping wastewater and washing wastewater that is suitable for treating stripping wastewater produced in stripping with a strongly alkaline stripping agent when a floor polish coating film coated and formed on a floor surface is recoated and for treating washing wastewater produced in surface washing with a floor cleaner having neutral to alkaline properties during periodic or daily washing, this method making it possible to perform operations within a limited interval by treating wastewater within a short time and removing solids, thereby reducing environmental loads. A method for treating stripping wastewater or washing wastewater by which solid-liquid separation process can be performed within a short time and with good efficiency by adding a polyamidine polymer flocculant and converting aggregated particles into nonadhesive flocks of an appropriate size. | 07-07-2011 |
20110210076 | PROCESS TO MAINTAIN LARGE CLEAN RECREATIONAL WATER BODIES - The invention discloses a process to implement and maintain large water bodies with color, transparency, and cleanness characteristics similar to swimming pools or tropical seas, at low cost. The present invention also discloses a structure to contain large water bodies, comprising a system for the removal of impurities and surface oils by means of skimmers and a suction device to clean said structure. | 09-01-2011 |
20110215052 | Process of recovery of exhausted ionic liquids used in the extractive desulfurization of naphthas - A process for recovering ionic liquids comprising the steps of: providing a first ionic liquid mixture, the first ionic liquid having a halogen metallate anion, the mixture containing an organic solvent; adjusting the pH of the mixture to pH 7-10 by the addition of a base to form a first precipitate; separating the first precipitate from the mixture; removing the organic solvent from the first mixture to form a second precipitate and separating the second precipitate from the first mixture; acidifying the resulting mixture to pH 2-7 by the addition of an acid; and drying the mixture to obtain a second ionic liquid having a halogen anion. | 09-08-2011 |
20120103915 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PURIFICATION OF ARSENIC CONTAMINATED WATER - A method of purifying arsenic contaminated water is disclosed. The method comprises of adding to the arsenic contaminated water predetermined quantities of iron and alkali; and passing the water so obtained through a filter medium including rice husk ash. A device for purification of arsenic contaminated water is also disclosed. | 05-03-2012 |
20120145646 | Method for Removal of Iron from an Aqueous Solution - Methods are disclosed for the removal of iron from aqueous solutions. The methods involve facilitating formation of an iron salt precipitate by introducing a source of anions to the solution and adjusting the pH of the solution through the addition of one or more acids, separating the iron salt precipitate from the aqueous solution, and removing residual anions in the aqueous solution. | 06-14-2012 |
20120152854 | Method for Processing Sludge - This invention relates to a method for processing sludge involving the addition of a lime-based basic agent to a sludge having a first pH value in order to raise the pH to a second value higher than the first one, adding at least one anionic organic flocculating agent that is active at the second pH value, flocculating the sludge, and separating the flocculated sludge between dehydrated sludge and a liquid phase. | 06-21-2012 |
20120193296 | Method for Treating Acid Mine Drainage - A process for treating acid mine drainage containing heavy metals and soluble contaminants is provided. In one embodiment, at least a metal cation is added to the acid mine drainage at a pre-select pH to form insoluble heavy metal complexes. In one embodiment, the metal cation is a trivalent metal ion, e.g., ferric iron such as in ferric sulfate. In another embodiment, a divalent metal ion such as in ferrous sulfate is used. After the removal of the heavy metal complexes, the effluent water is treated with at least a phosphate additive to remove remaining soluble contaminants, thus producing a treated water stream with reduced levels of contaminants. | 08-02-2012 |
20120205317 | METHOD OF TREATMENT OF COKE WASTEWATER - A method for treatment of coke wastewater, including (1) introducing wastewater into a regulating reservoir into which an acid liquor is added until the pH value of the wastewater ranges between about 5.5 and about 6.5; (2) introducing the wastewater into a three-dimensional electrode treatment device for electrolysis treatment; and (3) introducing the wastewater into a coagulation reaction tank into which an alkali liquor is added until the pH value of the wastewater ranges between 8 and 10, and as a coagulant polysilicate ferric magnesium is added into the wastewater for a hybrid reaction of between 5 and 15 mins; allowing the wastewater to flow into a sedimentation basin for plain sedimentation of between 4 and 6 hrs; and extracting a supernatant liquor to yield a processed effluent. | 08-16-2012 |
20120211433 | CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME FOR TREATING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS-CONTAINING WASTEWATER - A continuous flow reactor, including a cylindrical coagulation crystallizer, a funnel type protective baffle for static settling, and a conical static settler. A lower end surface of the cylindrical coagulation crystallizer is connected with an upper end surface of the conical static settler, and the funnel type protective baffle for static settling is connected with an inner wall of the cylindrical coagulation crystallizer. | 08-23-2012 |
20120285895 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER - A system and method for the treatment of wastewater. In one aspect, the invention can be a method of treating wastewater comprising: a) introducing wastewater having a first turbidity level into a wastewater treatment system; b) injecting an aqueous polymer mixture into the wastewater to flocculate suspended solids within the wastewater; c) removing the flocculated suspended solids from the wastewater to form a treated water having a second turbidity, the second turbidity being lower than the first turbidity; and wherein the aqueous polymer mixture of step b) is formed by introducing a raw polymer into a re-circulated portion of the treated water. | 11-15-2012 |
20140291252 | METHOD FOR PURIFYING WASTE WATER FROM A STAINLESS STEEL SLAG TREATMENT PROCESS - The present invention relates to a method for purifying highly alkaline waste water from a stainless steel slag treatment process. This waste water contains between 0.5 and 5 mg/l of trivalent chromium (Cr(III)) and between 0.5 and 1.0 mg/l of molybdenum. To reduce the chromium and molybdenum content a trivalent iron is added to the waste water in the form of a water soluble ferric salt and the trivalent iron is allowed to co-precipitate with said chromium and molybdenum by lowering the pH of the waste water. It was found that by performing the co-precipitation at a pH of 3.5 to 5.7, both the chromium and the molybdenum content could be effectively reduced to a level of less than 0.5 mg/l, and this without having to provide large amounts of trivalent iron in the waste water, without having to repeat the purification process for several times, without having to add sulphide to the waste water, and without having to lower and raise the pH of the waste water for more than one time. | 10-02-2014 |
20140319068 | METHODS FOR TREATING METALS AND METALLOIDS - Methods of treating a liquid having a contaminant, compositions, and the like, are provided. | 10-30-2014 |
20140360945 | COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR REMOVING IONS - A process for removing polyvalent metal ions from a fluid includes disposing a precipitation composition comprising a precipitating agent in an environment; contacting, with the precipitation composition, a fluid comprising a produced water, a flowback water, or a combination thereof, a plurality of polyvalent metal cations being present in the fluid; forming a plurality of precipitate particles comprising the polyvalent metal cations from the fluid and a polyvalent anion from the precipitating agent; contacting the precipitant particles with a flocculant, a coagulant, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, to form an aggregate comprising the precipitate particles; and separating the aggregate from the fluid to remove the polyvalent metal ions from the fluid. A composition includes a fluid comprising produced water, flowback water, or a combination thereof, a plurality of polyvalent metal cations being present in the fracturing fluid; a precipitation composition comprising a precipitating agent; and a flocculant, a coagulant, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing. | 12-11-2014 |
20150041405 | Method and Installation for Processing Raw Liquid Manure and/or Fermentation Residues from Biogas Production - A method for processing raw liquid manure and/or fermentation residues involves providing raw liquid manure and/or fermentation residues, purifying the raw liquid manure and/or fermentation residues in a first purification stage so as to form a first solid phase and a first purified liquid phase, pre-conditioning the first purified liquid phase in order to separate ultrafine particles from the first purified liquid phase, and purifying the first purified liquid phase in a second purification stage so as to form a second solid phase and a second purified liquid phase. | 02-12-2015 |
20150076078 | CHEMICAL PROCESS TO REMOVE SUSPENDED SOLIDS - This disclosure describes providing techniques to remove suspended solids from a process stream. This disclosure describes a method for adding a chemical, a cationic flocculant to the process stream, in which the chemical induces flocs of suspended solids. The process removes the flocs of suspended solids by using a device. This creates two streams, a liquids and dissolved solids stream and a suspended solids stream. | 03-19-2015 |
20150299007 | NEUTRALIZATION TREATMENT METHOD AND NEUTRALIZING AGENT - Provided is a neutralization treatment method capable of performing an efficient neutralization treatment with the reduction of the amount of a neutralizing agent to be used such as slaked lime in a neutralization treatment that is performed in order to discharge a process liquid generated in a metal smelting or hydrometallurgy process to the outside of the system. The neutralization treatment is performed for a liquid discharged in a metal smelting or hydrometallurgy process by using as a neutralizing agent boiler ash that is obtained after combustion of a fluidized-bed boiler and is obtained by burning of a sulfur content derived from coal being a fuel while adding lime stone to the sulfur content and desulfurizing the sulfur content. | 10-22-2015 |
20150321934 | WATER PRODUCTION METHOD - Provided is a process for producing water including generating a water to be filtrated wherein a water to be treated is treated to generate a water to be filtrated; filtration wherein the water to be filtrated is filtrated through a separation membrane module having a separation membrane to generate a filtrated water; back washing wherein the substance to be removed by filtration which has blocked the separation membrane in the step of filtration is washed away by using a cleaning water; and drainage wherein cleaning drainage generated in the step of back washing is drained; wherein the step of generating the water to be filtrated has a coagulation substep of adding a first pH adjuster and a cationic coagulant to coagulate the substance to be removed by filtration in the water to be treated to thereby generate the pretreated water; the water to be filtrated used in the step of filtration satisfies the following expression (i); and the step of back washing has at least first back washing substep wherein the separation membrane is back-washed by the cleaning water satisfying the following expressions (ii) and (iii): | 11-12-2015 |
210725000 | Utilizing organic precipitant | 6 |
20080296232 | Wastewater clarifier and process - An apparatus and method are disclosed to purify wastewater of many different compositions by controlling the pH and the flocking of the particulate matter in the water and by gently dewatering the flock produced in the process. | 12-04-2008 |
20090120881 | TREATMENT BLENDS FOR REMOVING METALS FROM WASTEWATER, METHODS OF PRODUCING AND PROCESS OF USING THE SAME - Treatment blends for removing metals from wastewater, method of producing and process of using the same. Treatment of industrial wastewater streams relate to the use of a pretreatment blend and a treatment blend, which remove heavy metals in industrial processes. The aqueous pretreatment blend comprises: 1) ferrous sulfate heptahydrate, 2) aluminum sulfate, 3) 85% phosphoric acid, and 4) coagulant. The aqueous treatment blend, which can be used in conjunction with or independent of the pretreatment blend comprises: 1) calcium hydroxide, 2) trimercapto-s-triazine 3) calcium hypochlorite, 4) sodium hydroxide, and 5) coagulant. | 05-14-2009 |
20090127205 | AMINO ACID, CARBOHYDRATE AND ACRYLAMIDE POLYMERS USEFUL AS FLOCCULANTS IN AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS - Modified polysaccharides, acrylamide copolymers, water-soluble amino acid copolymers, and combinations thereof are described for uses including flocculation of solids, particularly flocculation of soil in an agricultural settings and clarification of process waters from oil-sands mining operations. Also described are methods of preparing selected amino acid copolymers and modified polysaccharides. | 05-21-2009 |
20110042321 | Methods For Flocculating Suspensions Using Biobased Renewable Flocculants - Methods for aggregating suspended solid particles in an aqueous medium involving mixing the aqueous medium with an effective amount of a flocculant to aggregate the solid particles to form aggregated solid particles, and optionally separating the aggregated solid particles from the aqueous medium. The flocculant is obtained from animal blood. The pH of the aqueous medium may be adjusted to a pH of about 4.5 to about 5.7 by the addition of at least one acid or acidic buffer. The temperature of the aqueous medium may be adjusted to a temperature range of about 10° to about 50° C. | 02-24-2011 |
20120037569 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINERAL HARDNESS MANAGEMENT - A method of removing mineral hardness of water comprises selecting a mineral hardness solubility constant modifier capable of at least partially precipitating insoluble mineral hardness material from water containing mineral hardness. A pressurized flow of the water containing mineral hardness is generated. The mineral hardness solubility constant modifier is added to the pressurized flow of water containing mineral hardness to form water bearing precipitate mineral hardness. The water bearing precipitate mineral hardness is filtered to at least partially remove the precipitated insoluble mineral hardness material from the water bearing precipitate mineral hardness to form post-filtered water. | 02-16-2012 |
20130056422 | REDUCTION OF ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS ACIDS - The present invention is to a process for reducing and removing organic phosphorus acid from waste stream. The process involves adding a multivalent metal salt to the waste stream and adjusting the pH level of the waste stream to an optimum level to maximize the removal of organic phosphorus acid. | 03-07-2013 |