Abstract: This invention relates to the clarification of natural waters containing turbidity-causing components. This method comprises the addition of a stable colloidal silica suspension and water based polymeric coagulant to the turbid water. The components of the invention may be added independently, or blended together so that addition is simultaneous. The colloidal silica may also be conditioned by passing over a cationic exchange resin prior to addition of cationic polymer.

Abstract: The invention is a method for increasing the effectiveness of water-soluble polymeric additives or water-soluble phosphonates in the recirculating water of processing equipment wherein said water contains ozone and water-soluble polymeric additives or water-soluble phosphonates comprising the step of adding an effective amount of a stabilizer to said waters. The invention is also a method for increasing the effectiveness of ozone treatment in the recirculating waters of processing equipment wherein said water contains ozone and water-soluble additives comprising the step of adding an effective amount of a stabilizer to said waters.

Abstract: The invention is a method for removing dissolved oxygen from alkaline water which comprises adding to alkaline water containing dissolved oxygen an effective oxygen-scavenging amount of a water-soluble sulfoxylate. A preferred material is sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate.

Abstract: The invention is a process for preparing alkylated tannin Mannich polymers by reacting a tannin Mannich condensation polymer, prepared from a condensed tannin, and amine, and formaldehyde, with an alkylating agent at a pH between 5 and 14. Optionally, the alkylated tannin Mannich polymer may be reacted further with formaldehyde to increase its viscosity.The invention further comprises a method of removing color form waste water utilizing the alkylated tannin Mannich polymer produced by the above process.

Abstract: The invention is a method of monitoring for the presence of certain constituents of food processing streams by measurement of fluorescence. The constituent monitored can be a fluorescing impurity of a food product, or the food product itself if such naturally fluoresces. Moreover, losses of the constituent to be monitored may be determined by concurrent measurement of fluorescence of a fluorescent material added to the food process stream. The method is applicable to the following food processing streams among others: meat, vegetable oil, sugar beet, sugar cane, grain, poultry, fruit and soybean processing streams. Upon determination of a variation of the fluorescing constituent to be measured, the food process can be adjusted accordingly.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition and method of administering same for inhibiting the growth of microorganisms. The composition of the present invention includes sufficient amounts of a peracetic acid and a non-oxidizing biocide. The method of the present invention includes the step of adding sufficient amounts of the peracetic acid and the non-oxidizing biocide to industrial process waters.

Abstract: The present invention related to the use of certain cross-linked diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride polymers in water-in-oil emulsion form for use as coagulants in suspensions of inorganic solids. The diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride polymers are preferably polymers of diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride, acrylamide, and triallylamine. The water-in-oil emulsions are formulated to invert after addition to the inorganic solids suspension, as the suspension travels to a mechanical thickening device for further processing. The inorganic solids from refuse or concentrate mineral processing applications may be coal, copper ore, sand, gravel, taconite, beryllium, trona, kaolin or precious metals.

Abstract: An improved method is disclosed for the preparation of novel alkali metal diphosphinate salts by the reaction of an acetylenic compound with an alkali metal hypophosphite in the presence of a free radical source, the use of these novel compounds in further reactions to prepare diphosphonate compounds and diphosphinate containing adducts, oligomers and polymers and utilization of these compounds, polymers and oligomers to control calcium carbonate scale and mild steel corrosion in cooling water.

Abstract: Novel metal-organic microporous materials are prepared in solution using mild reaction conditions from a metal or metalloid ion with a ligand containing multidentate functional groups in the presence of a templating agent. The resultant microporous materials are useful in the purification of liquids and gases.

Abstract: The invention comprises an apparatus for optimizing the dosage of a chemical waste water treatment agent using a fluorescent tracer by processing a sample of the waste water stream and allowing continuous on-stream monitoring of the performance of the chemical waste water treatment agent. The apparatus is comprised of a series of components that sample the waste stream, process the sample for analysis, analyze the sample, record the data in a historical database and, based upon the analysis as compared to historical data, adjust the chemical feed system to optimize the chemical waste water treatment agent according to the programmed optimization logic.

Abstract: This invention provides a surprisingly efficacious combination useful for inhibiting microorganism growth, particularly in aqueous slurries containing mineral ore. In particular embodiments, the invention provides an antimicrobial composition comprising 1-(3-chloroallyl)-3,5,7 triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride and 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol. The invention also provides a method for inhibiting microbial growth in an aqueus mineral or ore slurry, e.g. a kaolin slurry. The method includes the step of adding to the slurry a microbiocidal composition of 1-(3-chloroallyl)-3,5,7 triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride and 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol.

Abstract: A method for breaking an oil-in-water emulsion which comprises the addition of a hydrophobically-modified polyelectrolyte copolymer comprising a diallyldimethylammonium chloride and a hydrophobically-associating monomer selected from the group consisting of quaternized dialkylaminoalkylacrylates, quaternized dialkylaminoalkylmethacrylates, and alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acids, preferably ethylhexylacrylate, to the emulsion.

Abstract: The invention is a method for clarifying ink-containing effluent water from recycled paper production which comprises the step of adding a water-soluble, surface active, silicon-containing polyelectrolyte polymer coagulant to the ink-containing effluent water from recycled paper production, wherein the polymer has from 0.01 to 10 mole percent of a vinyl alkoxysilane monomer. A preferred silicon-containing polyelectrolyte polymer is the product of a free radical synthesis from vinyltrimethoxysilane and diallyldimethylammoniumchloride monomers.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to controlling the growth of microorganisms, including the inhibition of the growth of filamentous microorganisms in industrial process waters. The invention is directed to a method for preventing and removing the formation of deposits by microorganisms in the wet end of a paper machine with a combination of peracetic acid and an ethylene oxide/propylene oxide copolymer.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for dewatering coal tailing aqueous slurries in a twin belt press process. The method including the step of adding to the slurry a coagulant composition including a vinylamine copolymer including from about 1 to about 99 mole percent vinylamine and from about 1 to about 99 mole percent of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of vinylformamide, vinyl alcohol, vinyl acetate, vinyl pyrrolidinone and the esters, amides and salts of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid.

Abstract: A method for dewatering coal tailings, clean coal products and mineral slurries, as well as for the clarification of water contained in coal refuse slurries, employing a copolymer of diallyldimethlylammonium halide and a vinyl alkoxysilane, which is preferably a copolymer of diallyldimethylammonium chloride and vinyltrimethoxysilane as a coagulant is disclosed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a composition of matter of a silica sol/water soluble cationic polymer mixture. The colloidal silica may also be conditioned by passing over a cationic exchange resin prior to addition of cationic polymer.

Abstract: A method for determining the adequacy of corrosion prevention treatments applied to metal surfaces is disclosed. The method provides a qualitative determination of corrosion detection using inexpensive equipment. Generally, the method encompasses wetting at least a first and a second absorbent patches capable of retaining a liquid corrosive to metal surfaces to be tested with the corrosive liquid to obtain wetted patches and then contacting a portion of a first metal surface to be tested with the first patch under corrosive conditions and contacting a portion of a second metal surface to be tested with the second patch, wherein the second metal surface having the same composition as the first metal surface has been treated with an effective amount of a corrosion prevention treatment and subjecting the second patch in contact with the second metal surface to the same corrosive conditions as the corrosive conditions applied to the first patch in contact with the first metal surface.

Abstract: A process for synthesizing high molecular weight anionic dispersion polymer is disclosed, the process comprising providing a mixture of water, acrylic acid and a stabilizer; cooling the mixture to a temperature of less than 35.degree. C.; lowering the pH of the mixture to less than 4.5; adding ethylhexyl acrylate to the mixture to form an aqueous solution; stirring the aqueous solution; purging the solution with nitrogen simultaneous with the step of stirring; heating the solution to about 48.degree. C.; adding initiator for from about 2 to about 3 hours; heating the solution to about 75.degree. C. for about 30 to about 60 minutes; and cooling and collecting the polymer.

Abstract: The invention is a method for dewatering waste solids generated in mineral processing operations utilizing a hydrophobically-modified copolymer coagulant of diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride and quaternized dimethylaminoethyl acrylate or quaternized dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate.