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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald A. Krulik, San Clemente, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ionics, Incorporated, Watertown, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/52 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/52 ;
Abstract
A method of cleaning a filter clogged with flocculating materials is provided. The method comprises determining the flocculated materials clogged on the filter and adding a dispersing agent to break up said flocculated materials to form dispersed precipitates. Then the dispersed precipitates are removed from the filter in a regular cleaning such as backflushing.