General Electric Company

Betz Laboratories, Inc.

Betzdearborn, Inc.

Ge Betz, Inc.

Betz Laboraties, Inc.

Bl Technologies, Inc.

Stephen Robert Vasconcellos

Fu Chen

Michael R Wood

Larry Neil Lewis

Jen-Chi Chen

Gerald C Walterick, Jr

Robert James Perry

Wenqing Peng

Wen P Liao

Yangang Liang

Keith A Bair

Shengxia Liu

Sijing Wang

Baraka Kawawa

Nicholas R Blandford

Hongchen Dong

Jianqiu Wang

Tamaz Guliashvili

James Quentin Pollett

Matthew David Mersch

Su Lu

William S Carey

Xiaoan Xie

Ping Lue

Michael W Werner

Larry A Lyons

Abdul Rafi Khwaja

Joseph C Petrille

Guixi Zhang

Michael F Mohn

Narain Madhavan

Zhuo Chen

Edward Joseph Urankar

Larry P Smith

P Douglas Boyce

Seethalakshmi Suresh

Kimberly A Bell

Jeffrey H Peltier

Terry L Robbins

Phuong-Thao Luong

A method for removing nitrate ions from a solution is presented. The method includes providing a polymer comprising a protonated amine moiety and an anion derived from an acid having a pKa value greater than about 1. The method further includes contacting the polymer with the solution to bind at least a portion of the nitrate ions in the solution with the polymer, and form a polymer-nitrate complex. The method furthermore includes separating at least a portion of the polymer-nitrate complex from the solution.

Method and filter for removing nitrate ions

The invention relates to a polymer derived from: reaction of glycidyl (meth)acrylate, allyl glycidyl ether or [(vinyloxy)methyl]oxirane with ammonia or primary amine to obtain a mixture of monomer compounds; reaction of the mixture of monomer compounds with at least one of acrylic acid, vinyl alcohol, vinyl acetate, acrylamide, methylacrylic acid, and methylacrylamide to obtain an intermediate polymer; and reaction of the intermediate polymer with a dithiocarbamic acid salt. Methods for using the polymer are also described herein.

Polymer and method for using the same

Methods are provided for making halide-free quaternary ammonium salt monomers. Polymers prepared from the monomers and methods of using the polymers to clarify raw, untreated water or wastewater are also disclosed.

Methods of preparing novel halide anion free quaternary ammonium salt monomers, polymerization methods therefor, and methods of use of the resulting polymers

Disclosed is a method of conditioning mixed liquor in membrane bioreactor (MBR) systems comprising adding an effective amount of a treatment composition comprising a water soluble cationic quaternary ammonium starch or a water soluble quaternary ammonium starch/gum blend to the mixed liquor. Also disclosed is a method of improving flux in an MBR system comprising adding the treatment composition to the mixed liquor of the MBR.

Methods of conditioning mixed liquor using water soluble quaternary ammonium starches

The invention relates to a polymer comprising structural units of formula and formula wherein Methods for preparing and using the polymer are also described herein.

Polymer and methods for preparing and using the same

A coagulant composition includes chitosan, methacryloyloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium methyl sulfate and a redox initiator. A coagulant, method for making the coagulant and clarifying wastewater is also provided.

Treatment additives, methods for making and methods for clarifying aqueous media

Clarification of surfactant laden wastewaters of the type commonly encountered in the laundry, dishwashing, textile manufacturing, and metal cleaning and degreasing processes is provided by use of a chitosan/(meth)acrylyloxy alkyl quaternary ammonium salt graft polymer.

Treatment of surfactant laden wastewater

A method for recovering tallow from meat processing wastewater includes adding a coagulant composition to the wastewater to agglomerate suspended fat, oil and grease particles in the wastewater, separating solid waste materials from the wastewater and isolating tallow from the solid waste materials. The coagulant composition includes tannin.

Methods for recovering tallow from wastewater

The present invention is directed to the use of a combination of a polymeric chelant and coagulant to treat metal containing wastewater. More particularly, the invention is directed at removing copper from CMP wastewater. The composition includes a combination of (a) a polymeric chelant derived from a polyamine selected from the group consisting of diethylenetriamine (DETA), triethylenetetraamine (TETA), tertraethylenepentaamine (TEPA), poly[vinylamine], and branched or linear poly[ethylenimine] (PEI); and (b) a water soluble or dispersible copolymer of a tannin and a cationic monomer selected from the group consisting of methyl chloride or dimethyl sulfate quaternary salt of dimethyl aminoethyl acrylate, diethylaminoethyl acrylate, dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, diethylaminoethyl methacrylate, dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide, dimethylaminopropyl acrylamide, and diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride.

Polymeric chelant and coagulant to treat metal-containing wastewater

Disclosed is a method of conditioning mixed liquor in a membrane bioreactor (MBR) system comprising adding an effective amount of a tannin containing polymer to the mixed liquor. Also disclosed is a method of improving flux in an MBR system comprising adding an effective amount of a tannin containing polymer to mixed liquor of the MBR. An effective amount of the tannin containing polymer may be added separately or in combination with other water soluble sludge filterability improvement polymers or sludge filterability improvement inorganic coagulants to the mixed liquor of the MBR. In one embodiment, the tannin containing polymer is a water soluble or dispersible copolymer of a tannin and a cationic monomer. In another embodiment, the tannin containing polymer is a water soluble or dispersible polymer of a tannin, a cationic monomer, and at least one monomer.

Method of conditioning mixed liquor using a tannin containing polymer

The present invention relates to compounds and methods for removing metals, e.g., ionic cobalt from an electroless plating operation, preferably to levels less than 5 ppm. The metals can then be either landfilled or regenerated for electrowinning and reuse. The invention utilizes an ion exchange media comprised of a silica backbone and functionalized with phosphonate groups.

Methods for removing metals from plating operation

Methods for the preparation of high molecular weight cationic poly(meth) acrylamide/quaternary ammonium salt copolymers are disclosed wherein after at least about 50% of the monomers have been polymerized, a cross-linking agent is then added to the reaction mixture on a continuous basis and in the absence of any feed of chain transfer agent. Cationic copolymers so produced exhibit improved floc formation properties and are useful as flocculants and dewatering aids in aqueous systems that include an oily sludge or the like.

Modified polymeric flocculants with improved performance characteristics

The present invention relates to a method of removing organic acid an/or organic amines odors from aqueous systems by treating the aqueous system or the atmosphere adjacent to the aqueous system with a solution of a substantially sulfonate free, anionic kraft pine lignin.

Method for odor control

The present invention is directed to a fast-acting, aqueous phase chemical treatment for reducing the emission of hydrogen sulfide odor from an aqueous medium, e.g., a wastewater or pulping and paper making medium, to the vapor phase. This invention comprises adding an effective amount for the purpose of glyoxal to the desired hydrogen sulfide-containing medium.

Method of reducing hydrogen sulfide odor emissions from an aqueous medium

Tannin containing polymers, their method of production and methods of using as water treatment agents are disclosed. The polymers are aldehyde-free and comprise copolymers of tannin and a cationic monomer. Another embodiment comprises aldehyde-free polymers of tannin, cationic monomer and at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of an anionic monomer and a nonionic monomer.

Composition and method for water clarification

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