Liquid purification or separation – Processes – Chemical treatment
Patent
1998-01-27
1999-11-02
Hruskoci, Peter A.
Liquid purification or separation
Processes
Chemical treatment
210743, 210745, 210754, 210755, 210758, 210764, 210 961, 210101, 210192, 2101981, 422 29, 422 37, 422256, C02F 176
Patent
active
059763868
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a method of treating a liquid to inhibit the growth of living organisms. The invention is particularly useful to prevent biological fouling of circulating water, and is therefore described below with respect to that application, but it will be appreciated that the invention could be used in other applications as well.
As described in published European Patent Application No. 92109015.5, published Sep. 12, 1992 (corresponding to Israel Patent Application 98352 filed Aug. 3, 1991), biological fouling of circulating water is a well known problem caused by algae, fungi, bacteria, and other simple life forms found in circulating water. That patent publication describes controlling biofouling in high chlorine demand waters by mixing two components, one of which is an oxidant and the other an ammonium salt, and adding the mixture substantially immediately to the aqueous system to be treated. This produces the active biocidal ingredient, as described therein. A large number of examples of oxidants and ammonium salts are described in that patent publication, and the contents of that patent publication are therefore incorporated herein by reference.
A problem encountered in this method of treating liquid to inhibit growth of living organisms, however, is that the concentrated active biocidal ingredient is extremely non-stable chemically and quickly decomposes upon formation with the result that there is a fast drop in pH. This is especially so for the active biocidal ingredients derived from ammonium bromide where the decomposition results in the undesirable formation of HOBr. Therefore, when conventional dosing pumps and mixers are used, the formed active biocidal ingredient quickly decomposes and loses its efficacy. Also, while the pH range of such concentrated active biocide is theoretically 8.0-12.5, actually the pH never exceeds 8.0 because of the fast decomposition. In addition, the ammonium salts must be supplied in excess in order to decrease the decomposition rate.
An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus of the foregoing type but having advantages in the above respects.
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of treating a liquid to inhibit growth of living organisms therein by adding to the liquid an active biocidal ingredient formed by mixing an oxidant and an amine source, comprising producing a predetermined dilution of the oxidant; producing a predetermined dilution of the amine source; synchronously metering the two dilutions into a conduit to continuously mix therein according to a predetermined ratio to produce said active biocidal ingredient having high reproducibility, stability and efficacy in situ in the conduit; and continuously injecting the active biocidal ingredient, as it is produced in situ in the conduit, directly from the conduit into the liquid being treated.
By "synchronously metering" the two dilutions, it is meant metering the amine source and the oxidant to the two water streams in a manner having the same time and molar relation and then metering the two dilutions in a manner also having the same time and molar relation. In further examples described below, the synchronous metering is effected by venturi pumps but could also be effected in other manners, such as by peristaltic pumps and pulsatile pumps operating with the same time and displacement relationship.
According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of treating a liquid to inhibit growth of living organisms therein by adding to the liquid an active biocidal ingredient formed by mixing an oxidant and an amine source, characterized in continuously and synchronously injecting a quantity of the oxidant into a first stream of water passing through a first conduit to produce therein a predetermined dilution of the oxidant; continuously and synchronously injecting a quantity of the amine source into a second stream of water passing through a second conduit to produce therein a predetermined dilution of th
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