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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Akiyoshi Edagawa, Hyogo, JP;
Takashi Sakakibara, Aichi, JP;
Kazumi Osamura, Aichi, JP;
Hideki Nagaoka, Nara, JP;
Takuya Kotanagi, Osaka, JP;
Hidenori Funakoshi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided are a novel method and device for treating a liquid that can be utilized for treating ballast water used in ships, etc. The method and device for treating a liquid provided herein allow aquatic organisms contained in a liquid to be sufficiently inactivated or separated by being configured in such a manner as to, in supplying the liquid containing aquatic organisms, carry out at least one of an aquatic organism-inactivating treatment and a physical treatment using a centrifugal force and then store the liquid in a storage means, and in discharging the liquid thus stored, determine whether or not the aquatic organism-inactivating treatment is required, carry out the treatment based on the determination, and carry out the physical treatment using a centrifugal force.