Abstract: A device for supplying liquid for semiconductor manufacturing (1) according to the present invention has a supply pipe (2) communicating with a supply source of ultrapure water (W), a conductivity modifier supply mechanism (3) and an oxidation reduction potential modifier supply mechanism (4) provided midway in this supply pipe (2), a membrane-type deaerator (5), and a particulate removal filter (6). The supply pipe (2) branches into a main pipe (7) and a drain pipe (8). The main pipe (7) is provided with a first instantaneous flow meter (10), and is further in communication with a single wafer-cleaning device (9). The drain pipe (8) is provided with a second instantaneous flow meter (11), and is further provided with a flow-regulating valve (12). A sensor unit (13) is provided between the membrane-type deaerator (5) and the particulate removal filter (6). A control means (15) can control the flow-regulating valve (12).

Abstract: A method for operating a desalting device having a first desalting device and a second desalting device, includes: a normal operation step, in which a water to be treated is supplied to a first desalting device and separated into a first concentrated water and a first desalted water, and the first concentrated water is supplied to a second desalting device and separated into a second concentrated water and a second desalted water; and a dilute water passing operation step, in which a dilute water having a lower concentration than the first concentrated water is passed through the second desalting device before a corrected permeated water amount of the second desalting device decreases.

Abstract: A silica fouling inhibition method for a reverse osmosis membrane system is provided, in which an acrylic acid-based polymer and/or a maleic acid-based polymer; and a combined chlorine-based oxidizing agent and/or a combined bromine-based oxidizing agent are allowed to be present in water to be treated. A silica fouling inhibitor for a reverse osmosis membrane system is provided, the silica fouling inhibitor includes: a copolymer of acrylic acid and 2-acrylamide-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid and/or a terpolymer of acrylic acid, acrylamide methylpropanesulfonic acid, and N-substituted acrylamide; and a combined chlorine-based oxidizing agent and/or a combined bromine-based oxidizing agent.

Abstract: A method for suppressing sedimentation of suspended substances is a method for suppressing sedimentation of suspended substances in water at the bottom of a tank disposed in a water system in papermaking equipment, comprising a step of blowing an oxygen-containing gas into the water, for stirring and aeration; a step of detecting a change with time in existence states of the suspended substances in the tank by the stirring and the aeration; and a control step of feeding at least one of an oxygen-containing gas and a slime control agent to the tank based on the detection result to suppress the sedimentation of the suspended substances in the tank.

Abstract: A method for preventing microorganism fouling in a water system containing a reducing agent, said microorganism fouling prevention method for a water system being characterized by adding a stabilized chlorine-based oxidizing agent composed of a chlorine-based oxidizing agent and a sulfamic acid compound, with the ratio of the sulfamic acid compound relative to 1 mol effective chlorine of the chlorine-based oxidizing agent being 1-1.5 mol, and/or a stabilized bromine-based oxidizing agent composed of a bromine-based oxidizing agent and a sulfamic acid compound, with the ratio of the sulfamic acid compound relative to 1 mol effective chlorine conversion amount of the bromine-based oxidizing agent being 1-1.5 mol, to the water system, such that the addition concentration of the stabilized chlorine-based oxidizing agent and/or the stabilized bromine-based oxidizing agent relative to the reducing agent concentration in the water system is 2.5 times or more by molar ratio.

Abstract: Ultrapure water from a subsystem 4 is fed to a use point 14, via a first heat exchanger 6, a second heat exchanger 10, and a UF membrane separation device 12. The ultrapure water returned from the use point 14 is introduced into a storage tank 16 through a pipe 7. In response to fluctuation of the flowrate of the returned ultrapure water, heated primary pure water is introduced into the storage tank 16 through a pipe 22, and warm water at a prescribed temperature is stored in the storage tank 16 so as to attain a prescribed water level. The warm water in the storage tank 16 is supplied at a fixed flowrate through a heat source fluid path of the first heat exchanger 6.

Abstract: Provided is a material for removing impurities in an organic solvent having a water content of 1,000 ppm or less, the material comprising a porous ion exchange resin. It is preferred that the porous ion exchange resin has, as an ion exchange group, at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a primary amino group, a secondary amino group, a tertiary amino group and a quaternary ammonium group. Also provided is a method for removing impurities in an organic solvent, the method comprising bringing the material for removing impurities in an organic solvent into contact with an organic solvent having a water content of 1,000 ppm or less.

Abstract: Provided is a water quality measurement device, comprising: a dilution device, preparing sample water including raw water and dilution water; and a residual chlorine concentration measurement device, measuring a residual chlorine concentration of the sample water, wherein the dilution device comprises: a container in which the sample water is accommodated; a first liquid level detection portion, detecting a first liquid level in the container; a second liquid level detection portion, detecting a second liquid level in the container; a raw water injection portion, injecting the raw water into the container until the first liquid level detection portion detects the first liquid level; and a dilution water injection portion, diluting the raw water by injecting the dilution water into the container until the second liquid level detection portion detects the second liquid level.

Abstract: Provide is a distillation tower management system, a distillation tower state analysis method, and a distillation tower management method that are capable of predicting abnormality in distillation towers before the abnormality becomes apparent and capable of taking preventive actions. The distillation tower management system includes a measurement unit 10 that is at least one selected from the group consisting of a pressure measurement unit 11, a temperature measurement unit 12 and a chlorine measurement unit 13, an operation data unit 20 for producing operation data containing measurement data measured with the measurement unit 10, an analysis unit 30 for analyzing the state of a distillation tower 103 from the operation data and producing analysis data regarding the state of the distillation tower 103, and a control unit 40 for producing, based on the analysis data, control data regarding a differential pressure-eliminating agent that is added to the distillation tower 103.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a technique for a metal corrosion protection treatment for a water system, whereby it becomes possible to achieve a satisfactory anticorrosive effect without using a phosphorus compound, which is a causative substance for eutrophication, as a metal anticorrosive agent and it also becomes possible to achieve a satisfactory anticorrosive effect in high-hardness water as well as low-hardness water. The present invention can provide: a metal corrosion protection treatment method for a water system, in which a component (A) and a component (B) as mentioned below are allowed to be present at a usage ratio of 1:9 to 7:3 by mass in the water system; and (A) a copolymer of a (meth)acrylic acid monomer and a sulfonic acid monomer, and (B) a maleic acid-based polymer in which the carboxyl group content is 11.5 mmol/g or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaning agent for aromatic polyamide reverse osmosis membranes, the cleaning agent being composed of an aqueous solution which has a pH of 13 or more and contains a stabilized halogen, a chelating agent that contains one or more substances selected from among aliphatic carboxylic acids containing no amino group, phosphonic acid compounds containing no amino group, polyphosphoric acids, and salts thereof, and an alkaline agent. According to the present invention, an aromatic polyamide reverse osmosis membrane is cleaned with use of a cleaning liquid that is composed of an aqueous solution of this cleaning agent. A chloramine compound which is obtained by mixing a compound having a primary amino group with hypochlorous acid and/or a hypochlorite is suitable for use as the stabilized halogen.

Abstract: Provided is a method which is for analyzing ionic components in pure water and in which sample ultrapure water is concentrated and analyzed by an analysis means, the method being characterized in that the sample ultrapure water is concentrated by means of an electrodialyzer. The electrodialyzer is a second electrodialyzer (20) in which sample ultrapure water is passed through a first generation chamber (27), high-purity nitric acid aqueous solution is passed through a second generation chamber (28), and concentrated water for analysis is extracted from the second generation chamber (28). The high-purity nitric acid aqueous solution passing through the second generation chamber (28) is generated by dialyzing a potassium nitrate aqueous solution by a first electrodialyzer (10).

Abstract: A water sampling device for water quality measurement is capable of changing the sampling amount, the number of sampling container(s), the sampling container type and so on according to the item of water quality measurement. Water in a water system can be sampled into a first container Y1 via a sampling source pipe 1, a manifold 2, and a first sampling pipe 3 and a pump P1 connected to the manifold 2. Water in the water system also can be sampled into a second container Y2 from the manifold 2 via a second sampling pipe 4 and a pump P2. In a case where the detection value(s) of one or more of the sensors S1 to S3 set in the water system exceeds a preset standard value or deviates from a standard range, water to be tested is sampled from the water system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for operating a pure-water production system, which includes an ultraviolet oxidation device and an electrical de-ionization device and channels water to these devices in this order from an upstream side. The method includes: setting hydrogen peroxide concentrations of concentrated water in a concentration chamber and electrode water in an electrode chamber of the electrical de-ionization device less than a hydrogen peroxide concentration of treated water that permeates through a desalination chamber of the electrical de-ionization device.

Abstract: Provided are: a sludge dehydrating agent which can exert a steady dehydrating effect on various types of sludge and has excellent dehydration performance; and a sludge dehydration method using the sludge dehydrating agent. The sludge dehydrating agent of the present invention with a polymer which has a constituent unit derived from a cationic monomer, wherein a value k determined from an intrinsic viscosity [?] 1 [dL/g] of a 1-mol/L aqueous sodium nitrate solution of the polymer at 30° C. and an intrinsic viscosity [?] 0.01 [dL/g] of a 0.01-mol/L aqueous sodium nitrate solution of the polymer at 30° C. in accordance with formula (I) is 0.8 to 2.2 exclusive k=([?]0.01?[?]1)/9??(I).

Abstract: Provided is a method for improving efficiency of heat transmission that enables improving the efficiency of heat transmission by steam in a steam system at a pH of less than 7. A method for improving the efficiency of heat transmission by steam, wherein, in a step of introducing steam into a heat exchanger to heat an object to be heated or a step of contacting the steam with a cooling body to liquefy the steam, a sarcosine compound is allowed to be present in the steam system at a pH of less than 7. As the sarcosine compound, a long-chain sarcosine compound represented by the following formula (I) is preferable. R1C(?O)—N(CH3)—(CH2)n—COOR2 . . . (I) In formula (I), R1 is an unsaturated or saturated linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 7 to 24 carbon atoms, n is an integer of 0 to 2, and R2 is a hydrogen atom or a salt-forming group.

Abstract: A method for controlling slime is used in a reverse osmosis membrane apparatus and has a water-supplying step of supplying water to be treated to the reverse osmosis membrane. The water-supplying step includes a first water-supplying step in which a slime controlling agent X which contains 2,2-dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide (DBNPA) and a slime controlling agent Y which contains at least one type selected from a group consisting of components (A) to (D) are added to the water to be treated which has a pH of 10 or less, and the water to be treated which contains the slime controlling agent X and the slime controlling agent Y is supplied to the reverse osmosis membrane. The component (A) is mixture of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one (Cl-MIT) and 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one (MIT), the component (B) is chloramine compound, the component (C) is stabilized bromide, and the component (D) is glutaraldehyde.

Abstract: Provided is an automatic layout design method at least including: a classification step in which an arithmetic calculation unit provided in a computer classifies a plurality of devices that are arranged on a floor of a plant into a plurality of device groups on the basis of the degree of relevance between the plurality of devices; and a general design step in which the arithmetic calculation unit generates general layout information wherein device groups are arranged on the floor, such that the sum of distances between device groups is minimized.

Abstract: The power storage device structure according to the present invention includes a power storage device and a casing that encloses the power storage device with a gap therebetween, and has a structure in which a molded body containing an acrylic resin or a molded body containing a copolymer of a monomer used for polymerization of an acrylic resin and another monomer is placed in the gap between the power storage device and the casing. The molded body is preferably in the form of a film, sheet, or plate. With such a power storage device structure, it is possible to reduce the risk of ignition in the event of an abnormality such as damage to a power storage device, particularly to a power storage device stack in which multiple power storage devices are stacked, or overcharge.

Abstract: The dilute chemical solution supply device (1) comprises: a dilute chemical solution preparation unit (2) that prepares a dilute chemical solution (W1); a reservoir (3) for the prepared dilute chemical solution; a dilute chemical solution adjustment/supply mechanism (4) that supplies, as washing water (W2), the dilute chemical solution (W1) stored in the reservoir (3) to a plurality of single-wafer type washers (5A, 5B, and 5C); and a return mechanism that is connected to each of the single-wafer type washers (5A, 5B, and 5C) and refluxes excess water from the single-wafer type washers to the reservoir (3). According to such a dilute chemical solution supply device, it is possible to accurately adjust the concentration of the solute of the dilute chemical solution and suppress the discharge of excess water, and the dilute chemical solution supply device is thus suitable for washing of wafers, etc.