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US4028233A
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Water purification process
Assignee: Hoechst AG
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Filing: 1975-03-07
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Granted: 1977-06-07
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Expires: 1995-03-07
Abstract
Abstract Drinking water is prepared from crude water containing dissolved lypophilic contaminants by adding polymers of ethylene or substituted ethylenes or copolymers of ethylene with less than 50 % by weight of other ethylenically unsaturated monomers which may contain additionally less than 2 mole % of ethylenes carrying a carboxyl function, and separating the polymer substance containing the lipophilic contaminants.
Inventors
- 👤 Karl-Ernst Quentin
- 👤 Ludwig Weil
- 👤 Harald Berger
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 19:47
CPC Classifications
C; C02; C02F; C02F1/00; C02F1/52; C02F1/54; B; B01; B01D; B01D17/00; B01D17/02; B01D17/0202; B01D17/04; B01D17/047; C02F1/28; C02F1/285
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
In a process for preparing drinking water by removing hydrocarbon or halogenated hydrocarbon contaminants dissolved in water in a concentration below 10 mg/1, wherein an aluminum or iron salt and a flocculation aid selected from the group consisting of polyacrylamide and starch is added to the water and the floc thus formed together with contaminants is separated from the water, the improvement which comprises mixing the water with a pulverulent copolymer composed of from 99.5 to 95% by weight of ethylene structural units and of from 0.2 to 2.0 mole % of vinylacylamide structural units and having a particle size between 0.1 and 200 microns, in an amount of from 2 to 100 mg/1 of water to be treated, before, during or after the addition of the aluminum or iron salt, said copolymer being introduced together with said flocculation aid to the water, and separating said polymer substance together with said floc and contaminants from the water.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
157 words
In a process for preparing drinking water by removing hydrocarbon or halogenated hydrocarbon contaminants dissolved in water in a concentration below 10 mg/1, wherein an aluminum or iron salt and a flocculation aid selected from the group consisting of polyacrylamide and starch is added to the water and the floc thus formed together with contaminants is separated from the water, the improvement which comprises mixing the water with a pulverulent copolymer composed of from 99.5 to 95% by weight of ethylene structural units and of from 0.2 to 2.0 mole % of vinylacylamide structural units and having a particle size between 0.1 and 200 microns, in an amount of from 2 to 100 mg/1 of water to be treated, before, during or after the addition of the aluminum or iron salt, said copolymer being introduced together with said flocculation aid to the water, and separating said polymer substance together with said floc and contaminants from the water.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
165 words
In a process for preparing drinking water by removing hydrocarbon or halogenated contaminants dissolved in water in a concentration below 10 mg/1, wherein an aluminum or iron salt and a flocculation aid selected from the group consisting of polyacrylamide and starch is added to the water and the floc thus formed together with contaminants is separated from the water, the improvement which comprises mixing the water with a pulverulent copolymer composed of from 99.5 to 95% by weight of ethylene structural units and from 0.1 to 1.5 mole % of structural units of an alkali metal salt of an ethylenically unsaturated acylamido-N-sulfonic acid and having a particle size between 0.1 and 200 microns in an amount of from 2 to 100 mg/1 of water to be treated, before, during or after the addition of the aluminum or iron salt, said copolymer being introduced together with said flocculation aid to the water, and separating said polymer substance together with said floc and contanimants from the water.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
165 words
In a process for preparing drinking water by removing hydrocarbon or halogenated contaminants dissolved in water in a concentration below 10 mg/1, wherein an aluminum or iron salt and a flocculation aid selected from the group consisting of polyacrylamide and starch is added to the water and the floc thus formed together with contaminants is separated from the water, the improvement which comprises mixing the water with a pulverulent copolymer composed of from 99.5 to 95% by weight of ethylene structural units and from 0.1 to 1.5 mole % of structural units of an alkali metal salt of an ethylenically unsaturated acylamido-N-sulfonic acid and having a particle size between 0.1 and 200 microns in an amount of from 2 to 100 mg/1 of water to be treated, before, during or after the addition of the aluminum or iron salt, said copolymer being introduced together with said flocculation aid to the water, and separating said polymer substance together with said floc and contanimants from the water.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
182 words
In a process for preparing drinking water by removing hydrocarbon or halogenated hydrocarbon contaminants dissolved in water in a concentration below 10 mg/1, wherein an aluminum or iron salt and a flocculation aid selected from the group consisting of polyacrylamide and starch is added to the water and the floc thus formed together with contaminants is separated from the water, the improvement which comprises mixing the water with a copolymer in a dispersion free of emulsifier, said copolymer being composed of from 99.5 to 95 % by weight of ethylene structural units and of from 0.1 to 1.5 mole % of structural units of an alkali metal salt of an ethylenically unsaturated acylamido-N-sulfonic acid and having a particle size between 0.1 and 200 microns in an amount of from 2 to 100 mg/1, calculated on the solid polymer substance, of water to be treated, before, during or after the addition of the aluminum or iron salt, said copolymer being introduced together with said flocculation aid to the water, and separating said polymer substance together with said floc and contaminants from the water.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
182 words
In a process for preparing drinking water by removing hydrocarbon or halogenated hydrocarbon contaminants dissolved in water in a concentration below 10 mg/1, wherein an aluminum or iron salt and a flocculation aid selected from the group consisting of polyacrylamide and starch is added to the water and the floc thus formed together with contaminants is separated from the water, the improvement which comprises mixing the water with a copolymer in a dispersion free of emulsifier, said copolymer being composed of from 99.5 to 95 % by weight of ethylene structural units and of from 0.1 to 1.5 mole % of structural units of an alkali metal salt of an ethylenically unsaturated acylamido-N-sulfonic acid and having a particle size between 0.1 and 200 microns in an amount of from 2 to 100 mg/1, calculated on the solid polymer substance, of water to be treated, before, during or after the addition of the aluminum or iron salt, said copolymer being introduced together with said flocculation aid to the water, and separating said polymer substance together with said floc and contaminants from the water.
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