Triton Thalassic Technologies, Inc.

Pharmacognetics, Inc.

David A Wright

James E Stangroom

Horace G Cutler

Gary L Morgan

Barry Ressler

Rodger Dawson

Richard J Herbermann

Neil A Belson

A novel method for eliminating or reducing, or otherwise treating, aquatic pests using juglone or juglone analogs is described. The methods are useful for removing zebra mussels and quagga mussels from water intake pipes and various other underwater hard surfaces. In addition, the methods are useful for treating dinoflaggellates, algae and amphipods, among other pests, from ballast water. A great advantage that these methods have over current protocols is that they have low environmental risk.

Method for treating aquatic pests

An apparatus and a method for killing bacteria within an opaque liquid. The opaque liquid is moved along a high power ultraviolet radiation surface at a velocity which causes turbulent flow in the liquid. The turbulent flow mixes the opaque liquid so that all the liquid is exposed to the radiation even though the radiation does not penetrate the liquid to any significant depth. One embodiment of the invention moves the liquid in a serpentine path between multiple planar lamps which radiate UV from both planar surfaces.

Sterilization of opaque liquids with ultraviolet radiation

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Solomons, MD, United States of America

David A Wright