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6649065 Bromine biocide removal  
A system and method are provided which removes bromine biocide used in effluent process streams without the use of chemicals or complex mechanical systems. In particular, the system and method of...
6645383 Process and apparatus for blending product liquid from different TFC membranes  
A process and apparatus for membrane treatment of a feed liquid to form a product liquid includes feeding a feed liquid, typically an aqueous solution such as tap water, to a primary membrane. The...
6632356 Separation membrane end cap  
A separation end cap adapted for connecting adjacent separation elements is provided. The end cap may be located at the distal ends of a separation element and is adapted for connection with a...
6616847 Method for producing crystals from solutions  
The invention relates to a method for producing crystals from thermally sensitive solids. According to this method, the solid is dissolved in at least one solvent and the solution is concentrated...
6607668 Water purifier  
Water purifier using membranes, ion exchange resins and electricity to remove ionic, organic and suspended impurities from water to produce high quality, pure water. Supply water is pre-treated by...
6602418 Solution dewatering with concomitant ion removal  
One of the biggest needs in the separations and waste handling and reduction area is a method for dewatering ion-containing solutions. Unexpectedly, it has been found that phosphazene polymers can...
6602419 Process for the recovery of iodine from aqueous solutions containing iodinated organic compounds  
A process for the recovery of iodine from mother liquors or wastes containing iodinated organic compounds, by mineralisation of organic iodine and subsequent transformation of the formed iodide...
6592763 Method and device for treating aqueous flows in a bioreactor, an ultrafiltration unit and a membrane filtration unit  
A novel method for purifying, by means of an essentially closed circuit water purification system, an aqueous flow from a processing unit includes the steps of: (a) supplying to a bioreactor, and...
6582605 Method of treating industrial waste waters  
A method of treating industrial wastewaters is provided. Specifically, the wastewater includes one or more organic contaminant materials and is pre-treated prior to filtering by the following steps...
6582385 Hemofiltration system including ultrafiltrate purification and re-infusion system  
A hemofiltration system is provided in which ultrafiltrate is purified by reverse osmosis for reinfusion. Non-sterile infusate concentrate is dialyzed into the purified ultrafiltrate and combined...
6582606 Microfiltration using activated carbon  
A microfiltration process of a fermentation-derived product comprising adding activated carbon to a solution of the fermentation-derived product prior to or during the microfiltration process at a...
6572902 Process for producing improved alkaline drinking water and the product produced thereby  
A process for producing improved alkaline water includes filtering potable source water to remove selected particles and then purifying the filtered water. Selected alkaline minerals are added to...
6565758 Systems and methods for dispensing, collecting and processing wash fluid  
A system for dispensing, collecting, and processing wash fluid includes a first movable support frame including a first tank that stores clean wash fluid, a first pump that pressurizes the clean...
6540487 Pressure exchanger with an anti-cavitation pressure relief system in the end covers  
A pressure exchanger for simultaneously reducing the pressure of a high pressure liquid and pressurizing a low pressure liquid. The pressure exchanger has a housing having a body portion; with end...
6537456 Method and apparatus for high efficiency reverse osmosis operation  
A process for treatment of water via membrane separation to remove hardness and non-hydroxide alkalinity by simultaneous removal in a weak acid cation exchange resin. The process includes...
6533938 Polymer enhanced diafiltration: filtration using PGA  
A method is describe for removing metal ions of interest from aqueous solutions containing low concentrations of the metal ions of interest. The method involves the use of a microbially produced...
6524483 Method of retrofitting an existing RO system to zero waste  
Diverse existing non-zero waste reverse osmosis systems are retrofittable by unskilled labor to become zero waste by a method using integrally-packaged subassemblies ( 1, 2, 3 ) placed in-line in...
6521130 Process for producing composite semipermeable membrane  
When forming a separating functional layer containing crosslinked polyamide, by carrying this out in the presence of 1) carboxylic acid ester with a total of 8 or more carbons, or 2) carboxylic...
6521124 Reverse osmosis liquid filter system with ultraviolet filtration  
The present invention provides a multi-element filtering system assuring serial filtration of a liquid through multiple filter cartridges while enabling flushing without requiring removal of the...
6508937 Fresh water generator and fresh water generating method  
An active carbon cartridge is provided in the preceding stage to a fresh water generating cartridge. A water feed valve is connected to a raw water inlet of the active carbon cartridge. A bypass...
6509454 Free solution ligand interaction molecular separation method  
The present invention is directed to novel methods for enhancing the ability to separate a species of interest from other different species present in a free solution mixture thereof which takes...
6508936 Process for desalination of saline water, especially water, having increased product yield and quality  
A desalination process is disclosed which combining two or more substantially different water treatment processes in a unique manner to desalinate saline water, especially sea water, to produce a...
6506304 Method for the regeneration of supercritical extractant  
A method for recovering supercritical extractant, such as supercritical CO 2 , from a mixture containing the supercritical extractant and a solute is disclosed, which includes contacting the...
6506306 Method and an apparatus for treating wastewater from a chemical-mechanical polishing process used in chip fabrication  
Wastewater from a chemical-mechanical polishing process (CMP) used in semiconductor chip fabrication has hitherto been, and is still being, discharged into the public sewage system after chemical...
6506305 Methods of isolating urea, urea compositions and methods for producing the same  
Urea is readily isolated and recovered from natural products. Urea can be brought into the permeate side by treating a urea-containing fraction extracted from natural products or sewage containing...
6488856 Process for purifying a liquid hydrocarbon product  
The invention relates to a process for purifying a liquid hydrocarbon product consisting of 5% by weight or less of high molecular weight contaminants having a molecular weight of at least 1000,...
6478968 Method for filtering a three-phased reaction mixture  
A method for filtering a three phase reaction mixture comprising a liquid phase, an undissolved solid catalytic phase and a gas phase includes tangentially filtering through a membrane filter at...
6468431 Method and apparatus for boosting interstage pressure in a reverse osmosis system  
An apparatus and method suitable for use in a reverse osmosis desalinization system having a first process chamber has a first reverse osmosis membrane therein, a first feed inlet, a first permeate...
6464876 Process and apparatus for a mixture resolution  
Disclosed is a process for the resolution of a mixture into at least one first fraction and one second fraction, the respective compositions of said fractions differing by at least one element. The...
6464877 Water treating method  
The present invention relates to a water treatment process comprising adding ozone to raw water and filtering the raw water using an ozone-resistant membrane, wherein a concentration of ozone...
6464867 Apparatus for producing water containing dissolved ozone  
An apparatus for producing water containing dissolved ozone which comprises (A) a piping for supplying ultrapure water through which ultrapure water is supplied, (B) a catalytic reaction portion...
6464881 Inorganic nanofiltration membrane and its application in the sugar industry  
The invention concerns an inorganic nanofiltration membrane with a detachment threshold between 100 and 200 daltons and comprising: a multichannel ceramic monolith support consisting of a mixture...
6461514 High water recovery single stage membrane process  
Disclosed is an economical single stage membrane process intended to provide very high overall water recoveries from natural sources or wastewater containing high concentrations of hardness and...
6461512 Method of disinfecting a deionized water producing apparatus and method of producing deionized water  
A deionized water producing apparatus includes a pretreatment apparatus having a reverse osmosis apparatus, and an electrodeionization apparatus having a diluting compartment filled with an ion...
6451209 Method and a system for the treatment of water  
According to a method and a system for purifying bathing water for a swimming pool ( 1 ), water is passed through a filter ( 2 ) for filtration of the water. A subflow ( 6 ) of the filtered water...
6428705 Process and apparatus for high flow and low pressure impurity removal  
A process for removing contaminants from large volumes of wastewater is disclosed. The process involves treating a wastewater stream containing the contaminant with a coagulant that reacts with the...
6423223 Multi-element, reverse osmosis, liquid filter system with flushing and filtering circuits  
The present invention provides a multi-element filtering system assuring serial filtration of a liquid through multiple filter cartridges while enabling flushing without requiring removal of the...
6420185 Water contamination concentration apparatus and process  
An apparatus and methods of utilizing a semi-permeable membrane to concentrate contaminants in a portion of an Ultra Pure Water stream to levels which are detectable by an on-line analyzer. This...
6413425 Reverse osmosis composite membrane and reverse osmosis treatment method for water using the same  
A reverse osmosis composite membrane comprises a sponge layer, and a separation layer formed on a surface of the sponge layer, wherein at least one substance selected from the group consisting of...
RE37759 Coiled membrane filtration system  
A method and apparatus for achieving reverse osmosis, microfiltration, nanofiltration and ultrafiltration, produces Dean vortices against a membrane surface which is advantageously in a form of a...
6402956 Treatment system and treatment method employing spiral wound type membrane module  
In a treatment system, a spiral wound type membrane module is provided on a preceding stage of a reverse osmosis membrane separation device for performing pretreatment with the spiral wound type...
6398965 Water treatment system and process  
A water treatment system and process for removing weakly ionized and/or organic materials from the water by intra-system pH adjustment. An exemplary embodiment of the system includes an inlet...
6395182 METHOD FOR PURIFYING WATER, IN PARTICULAR GROUND WATER, UNDER ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS, USING A MEMBRANE FILTRATION UNIT, A DEVICE FOR PURIFYING WATER, AS WELL AS DRINKING WATER OBTAINED BY USING SUCH A METHOD  
The present invention relates to a method for purifying water, in particular ground water, under anaerobic conditions, using a membrane filtration unit, wherein the following steps are carried out:...
6391205 Osmotic desalinization process  
Desalinization of seawater is accomplished through the use of a forward osmosis process, which relies on a series of steps involving the opposition of various aqueous solutions across...
6391206 Method for recovery of aqueous wash in phosphate chemical conversion and apparatus for metal surface treatment  
This invention is related to a method for recovery of aqueous wash in a phosphate chemical conversion of a shaped metal product involving carrying out chemical conversion and subsequent cleaning...
6387272 Process for utilizing liquid manure material  
A process for utilizing the material of ammonium-containing effluent which contains further soluble constituents and, possible additional solids, comprising: a) optionally separating off the...
6383392 Process for concentrating epigallocatechin gallate  
The present invention is a process for concentrating aqueous epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) solutions by feeding an aqueous EGCG solution to at least one membrane module under pressure to provide...
6375849 Integrated environmental control system and humidification system  
In an aircraft, tap water is filtered, vaporized and injected into a trim line of an environmental control system. Filtering is performed by a reverse osmosis filter. Hot, humidified air leaving...
6372143 Purification of produced water from coal seam natural gas wells using ion exchange and reverse osmosis  
A method and apparatus are provided for treating produced water to lower the total dissolved solids of the water for safe discharge to the environment. The produced water is passed through a weak...
6358754 (Bio)chemical reagent solid phases, process for their production and their applications  
Novel solid phase reaction supports are disclosed. The solid phase reaction supports include (a) a solid phase carrier having a multiplicity of NH 2 functional groups; (b) a coupling compound...