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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2015
Ecolab Usa Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Kim R. Smith, Woodbury, MN (US);
Lee J. Monsrud, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Keith E. Olson, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Kristen Mills, Hopkins, MN (US);
Erik C. Olson, Savage, MN (US);
Erin Jane Dahlquist Howlett, West St. Paul, MN (US);
ECOLAB USA INC., Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods, apparatuses, and systems for treating water. The methods, apparatuses and systems reduce scaling associated with solubilized water hardness using a sequence of water treatment agents, including an inlet, one or more treatment reservoirs containing a first treatment agent that is an exhausted ionic resin that is incapable of performing ion exchange and a second treatment agent consisting of a metal oxide and/or hydroxide compound, an outlet, and a treated water delivery line.