Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

Isao Joko

Hiroshi Morita

Masato Yamaguchi

Yoshiaki Motozato

Takashi Tomoda

Takaaki Tokutomi

Hiroyuki Asada

Tetsuro Yamamoto

Masaaki Wakita

Satoshi Miwa

Waste water containing nitrogen compounds is treated by first breaking the nitrogen compounds down by electrolysis in the presence of chlorine ions. The electrolysis step converts chlorine ions to hypochlorite ions. The partially treated water is returned to a storage container. The hypochlorite ions oxidize the nitrogen compounds and are reconverted to chlorine atoms. The partially treated water then may be returned to the electrolysis container to regenerate hypochlorite ions. In a second step, the partially treated waste water is passed over a metal peroxide catalyst. The metal peroxide catalyst further breaks down the nitrogen compounds, and removes the excess hypochlorite ions.

Treatment method for water containing nitrogen compounds

Waste water containing nitrogen compounds is processed by adding an oxidant to the waste water. The oxidant may be one or more of a chlorine oxidant or hydrogen peroxide. The oxidant breaks down the nitrogen compounds through a breakpoint reaction. The partially processed water then is contacted with a metal peroxide catalyst. The metal peroxide breaks down and removes excess oxidant. The reaction may be carried out at normal temperature and pressure.

Method for treating water which contains nitrogen compounds

The separation material for separating and recovering a blood coagulation factor comprises a porous matrix having linked thereon one or more ligands each consisting of a radical exhibiting an affinity for the blood coagulation factor to be recovered, said matrix having a specific surface area of at least 1.5 m.sup.2 per milliliter of the separation material with respect to pores having diameters of at least 0.1 .mu.m and being derived from a porous particulate material having an exclusion limit molecular weight of at least 1.5.times.1.sup.6 as determined with polyethylene glycol. The separation material is prepared by the process steps of subjecting a porous particulate material having an exclusion limit molecular weight of at least 1.5.times.10.sup.6 to activation by 1,1'-carbonyldiimidazolating, tresylating, carbodiimidizing, thiopropylating, epoxidizing, bromocyanizing or formylating using the corresponding activating agent and reacting the so activated porous particulate material with one or more substances which exhibit after being linked as ligand on the porous particulate material, an affinity to the blood coagulation factor to be covered, so as to form a porous matrix having a specific surface area of at least 1.5 m.sup.2 per milliliter of the porous particulate material with respect to pores having diameters of at least 0.1 .mu.m.

Separation material derived from glucomannan for blood coagulation

A novel ion exchanger useful for universal ion-exchange purposes and, in particular, for ion exchanger for ion-exchange chromatography is proposed, said novel ion exchanger being obtained by introducing radicals of one or more ion-exchangeable groups into cross-linked glucomannan beads by a chemical treatment thereof. Such ion exchanger beads are superior in the compressive strength and permit a high flow rate of the liquid to be subjected to ion exchange through an exchange column packed with them.

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Isao Joko