Abstract: Fine particles that are contained in ultrapure water supplied to a point of use is further reduced. Ultrapure water production system has ultrapure water supply line that is connected to point of uses, wherein ultrapure water flows through ultrapure water supply line; and first ion exchange apparatus, membrane filtration apparatus and second ion exchange apparatus that are arranged in series on ultrapure water supply line. Membrane filtration apparatus is arranged between first ion exchange apparatus and second ion exchange apparatus. At least a part of the ultrapure water that flows out from membrane filtration apparatus is treated by second ion exchange apparatus before the at least a part of the ultrapure water is supplied to point of uses.

Abstract: A water treatment system including: a reverse osmosis membrane device A for treating a water to be treated; a reverse osmosis membrane device E for treating permeated water from device A; a reverse osmosis membrane device B for treating concentrated water from device A or E; a reverse osmosis membrane device C for treating concentrated water from device E or A; and each of water flow lines through which the concentrated water and permeated water from devices A to E respectively flow downstream, wherein the connections of each of the water flow lines are switchable so that while the concentrated water from device E flows to device B to wash device B, the concentrated water from device A is treatable by device C, and while the concentrated water from device E flows to device C to wash device C, the concentrated water from device A is treatable by device B.

Abstract: Provided are a water treatment method and a water treatment device wherein in a biological treatment of ammonium nitrogen-containing water to be treated, the water to be treated can be treated stably at a high treatment speed even when the nitrogen concentration of the water to be treated is high. This water treatment device biologically treats ammonium nitrogen-containing water to be treated. The water treatment device (water treatment method) is provided with: a nitrification device (nitrification step) for oxidizing ammonium nitrogen to nitrite or nitrate nitrogen using nitrifying bacteria including autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria contained in microbial activated sludge; and a nitrification rate control means which maintains a molybdenum compound in the nitrification device in such a manner as to control the molybdenum concentration of the water to be treated to 0.025 mg Mo/gN or more, and controls the nitrification rate for the sludge to 0.11 [kgN/(kgVSS·day)].

Abstract: A pure-water production device including: a first reverse osmosis membrane device to which water to be treated is supplied; a second reverse osmosis membrane device to which permeated water from the first reverse osmosis membrane device is supplied; an electrodeionization device to which permeated water from the second reverse osmosis membrane device is supplied; a brine tank to which concentrated water from the first reverse osmosis membrane device is supplied; and a third reverse osmosis membrane device connected to the brine tank, wherein the second reverse osmosis membrane device is a high-pressure reverse osmosis membrane device, the brine tank is supplied with at least one concentrated water selected from the group consisting of concentrated water from the second reverse osmosis membrane device and concentrated water from the electrodeionization device, wherein permeated water from the third reverse osmosis membrane device is supplied to water to be treated, is used.

Abstract: The level of cleanliness of a hollow fiber membrane device is evaluated before it is installed in an ultrapure water production system. A method of evaluating the level of cleanliness of the hollow fiber membrane device includes capturing fine particles in permeating water by means of a first filter membrane, wherein the permeating water is ultrapure water that permeates through the hollow fiber membrane device before the hollow fiber membrane device is installed in an ultrapure water production system; and analyzing the fine particles that are captured by the filter membrane.

Abstract: A method for forming a carbon-carbon bond, wherein a reaction is performed by filling a platinum group metal-supported catalyst into a filling container, and passing a raw material liquid through the platinum group metal-supported catalyst in a continuous circulation manner, and wherein the platinum group metal-supported catalyst is a platinum group metal-supported catalyst in which nanoparticles of a platinum group metal with an average particle diameter of 1 to 100 nm are supported on a non-particulate organic porous ion exchanger formed of a continuous framework phase and a continuous pore phase.

Abstract: A method for efficiently treating boron from water to be treated, an apparatus for producing pure water, and a method for producing pure water. An apparatus for removing boron includes a low-pressure reverse osmosis membrane apparatus to which is supplied water to be treated, a pH adjustment apparatus to adjust a pH of permeated water from the low-pressure reverse osmosis membrane apparatus to 5.0 to 9.0, a high-pressure reverse osmosis membrane apparatus to which is supplied the water adjusted by the pH adjustment apparatus, and an electrodeionization to which is supplied permeated water from the high-pressure reverse osmosis membrane apparatus.

Abstract: A water dispenser which is connected to a pure water source and used for dispensing pure water includes: an arm mounting unit; a water dispensing gun including a nozzle for discharging pure water; a holding unit for holding the water dispensing gun; and at least two arms connecting the holding unit to the arm mounting unit. The at least two arms constitute a parallel link mechanism in which a trajectory of each arm when the at least two arms move is within the same vertical plane.

Abstract: An ion exchanger filled cartridge accommodated inside an accommodating container of a metal removing column and in which an ion exchanger is filled is provided. The ion exchanger filled cartridge includes a cylinder portion, an upper lid in which a through hole for a liquid to be treated is formed and which is provided on an upper end of the cylinder portion, a lower lid in which a through hole for a treated liquid is formed and which is provided on a lower end of the cylinder portion, an insertion pipe connected to the lower lid, having an O-ring attached to an outer side, and inserted into a treated liquid discharge pipe provided on a bottom portion of the accommodating container of the metal removing column, and the ion exchanger filled inside the cylinder portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for pretreating an ion exchange resin includes at least a stock solution tank for storing a non-aqueous solvent, an ion exchange resin container accommodating an ion exchange resin, and a moisture removal apparatus for removing moisture in the non-aqueous solvent, and at least one solution feed pipe selected from: a circulating solution feed pipe for returning, to the stock solution tank, the non-aqueous solvent that has passed through the ion exchange resin container and the moisture removal apparatus in this order from the stock solution tank; and a circulating solution feed pipe for returning, to the stock solution tank, the non-aqueous solvent that has passed through the moisture removal apparatus and the ion exchange resin container in this order from the stock solution tank.

Abstract: A simulated moving-bed type chromatographic separation method separating a weakly adsorptive component, a strongly adsorptive component, and an intermediately adsorptive component, with eluents by using a circulation system in which a plurality of unit packed columns packed with an adsorbent are connected in series and in an endless form via pipes in which a feed solution supply port F, two or more eluent supply ports D corresponding to the eluents, an extraction port A of a fraction containing the weakly adsorptive component, an extraction port B of a fraction containing the intermediately adsorptive component, and an extraction port C of a fraction containing the strongly adsorptive component are provided in the pipes of the circulation system, and positions of the ports F, A, B, and C are set to have a specified relationship.

Abstract: An ozonated water supply method includes: feeding dissolving water contained in a circulation tank to an ozonation device at a given feed rate while feeding ultrapure water to the circulation tank, and returning ozonated water that has not been used at a use point to the circulation tank, dissolving ozone in the dissolving water using the ozonation device to obtain ozonated water, and feeding the ozonated water to the use point; feeding oxygen gas having a nitrogen gas content of 0.01 vol % or less to a discharge-type ozone gas-producer, and feeding the resulting ozone-containing gas to the ozonation device; adjusting the feed rate of the ultrapure water to the circulation tank; and adjusting the dissolved ozone concentration in the ozonated water. The method can reduce or suppress the accumulation of nitric acid in the recirculation system when a discharge-type ozone gas-producer is used as the ozone gas-producer.

Abstract: A water dispenser which is connected to a pure water source and used for dispensing pure water includes: an arm mounting unit; a water dispensing gun including a nozzle for discharging pure water; a holding unit for holding the water dispensing gun; and at least two arms connecting the holding unit to the arm mounting unit. The at least two arms constitute a parallel link mechanism in which a trajectory of each arm when the at least two arms move is within the same vertical plane.

Abstract: A water quality management method for managing the concentration of impurity ions contained in the water to be analyzed includes connecting the ion adsorption device in which the ion adsorbent and the accumulated flow rate meter are provided to the blanch pipe, passing the water being analyzed from the blanch pipe to the ion adsorbent for a predetermined period of time to the ion adsorption device and adsorbing ions contained in the water being analyzed an ion adsorbent sample. In the ion adsorption device, an accumulated flow rate meter is provided on the downstream side of the flow direction of the water being analyzed of the ion adsorbent.

Abstract: Provided is a sterilization method for a water system, the sterilization method being capable of suppressing the production amount of a nitrosamine compound while exhibiting a sufficient sterilization effect in precursor-containing water that contains a nitrosamine compound precursor. In the sterilization method for a water system, a stabilizing composition containing a bromine-based oxidizing agent or a chlorine-based oxidizing agent and a sulfamic acid compound is added to the precursor-containing water that contains the nitrosamine compound precursor.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for producing a non-aqueous electrolytic solution capable of easily performing purification treatment by removal of acidic impurities such as hydrogen fluoride contained in a non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The apparatus for producing a non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprises an ion exchange unit accommodating a weakly basic anion exchange resin through which an alkali metal salt electrolyte-containing solution having the alkali metal salt electrolyte dispersed in an carbonate ester is passed to obtain the non-aqueous electrolytic solution, wherein the weakly basic anion exchange resin has a styrene-based resin as substrate and an amino group as weakly basic anion exchange group.

Abstract: A system for treating a tetraalkylammonium hydroxide-containing liquid having a high-pressure type reverse osmosis membrane device concentrating a liquid to be treated containing tetraalkylammonium hydroxide at a concentration side, and a line for supplying the concentrated liquid to be treated by the reverse osmosis membrane device to an evaporator further concentrating the concentrated liquid to be treated.

Abstract: A centrifugal filtration device is provided. The centrifugal filtration device has filtration membrane that filtrates liquid; cartridge that supports filtration membrane and that forms liquid chamber together with filtration membrane, wherein liquid chamber holds the liquid therein; and rotating member that rotates around rotation center and that supports cartridge such that filtration membrane is positioned outward of liquid chamber with respect to rotation center. Rotating member has a path that is connected to liquid chamber, and at least a part of a liquid contact part of the path that is in contact with the liquid is formed of titanium or a titanium alloy.

Abstract: The apparatus for producing a non-aqueous electrolytic solution includes: a moisture adsorption apparatus accommodating zeolite through which an organic non-aqueous solvent passes, an electrolyte addition apparatus for adding an alkali metal salt electrolyte to the organic non-aqueous solvent treated by the moisture adsorption apparatus, and an acid adsorption apparatus accommodating a weakly basic anion exchange resin through which an alkali metal salt electrolyte-containing solution obtained by the electrolyte addition apparatus passes.

Abstract: A water treatment method that uses a reaction tank and involves repeatedly performing an operation cycle including: an inflow step for causing an inflow of waste water; a biological treatment step for subjecting the waste water to biological treatment using biological sludge; a sedimentation step for causing the biological sludge to settle; and a drainage step for draining biologically-treated water that has undergone the aforementioned biological treatment. The reaction tank is provided with an inflow port that is disposed at a position lower than an interface position of a biological sludge bed formed at the bottom of the reaction tank in the sedimentation step, and an inflow pipe that extends upward in the vertical direction from the inflow port. In the inflow step, the waste water is caused to gravitationally flow down in the inflow pipe so as to be fed into the biological sludge bed from the inflow port.