Methods for the on-site production of chloramine and uses thereof
First Claim
1. A method of producing stable disinfectant for use as a biocidal composition in a process water system, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing items, the items consisting of;
a) an amine source in concentrated form said concentrated form characterized as the amine source being within a diluent and the amine source comprises between 5% and 80% of the molar ratio of the combined diluent and amine source,b) an oxidizing halogen compound in concentrated form said concentrated form characterized as the halogen compound being within a diluent and the halogen compound comprises between 3% and 18% of the molar ratio of the combined diluent and halogen compound, andc) water;
creating an amine-free flow of water through a first feed;
asynchronously feeding the halogen compound in a concentrated form into the first feed line;
when it is determined that a chlorine demand of the process water system is such that the oxidizing halogen compound alone will not operate as an effective biocidal composition because the water contains items that reduce the oxidizing halogen compound or render the oxidizing halogen compound inert, asynchronously feeding the amine source in a concentrated form via a halogen-free second feed line into a wide space such that the concentrated amine, concentrated halogen, and water come into contact and mix with each other in the wide space wherein the wide space is a tank constructed and arranged such that the wide space has a diameter larger than both the first and second feed lines and a transition from the first and second feed lines to the tank is not streamlined and thereby a flow from the first and second feed lines results in eddies which mixes the items so that for a time when the halogen is not fed into the tank there is still remaining halogen in the tank mixing with remaining amine whose reaction products are formed and fed into the process water system thereby creating a dynamic chlorine residual which is more widely distributed than if the tank were streamlined; and
when it is determined that the halogen demand is low adding amine source and not adding halogen compound to the wide space thereby quenching free hypochlorous acid in the process water system, wherein a molar ratio of amine to oxidizing halogen is within a range of 7;
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Abstract
A method of producing stable disinfectant for use as a biocidal composition. The method comprises: providing reagents, asynchronously feeding the reagents into a wide space, and allowing all the reagents to come into contact and mix with each other. The reagents comprise: a) an amine source in concentrated form, b) an oxidizing halogen compound in concentrated form, and c) a diluent. The use of asynchronous feeding and a wide space results in a dynamic biocide regimen. This regimen results in a changing environment that infestations have difficulty adapting to. This method also imparts superior results due to the avoidance of channeling effects which would otherwise weaken the effects of the biocide.
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11 Claims
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1. A method of producing stable disinfectant for use as a biocidal composition in a process water system, the method comprising the steps of:
providing items, the items consisting of; a) an amine source in concentrated form said concentrated form characterized as the amine source being within a diluent and the amine source comprises between 5% and 80% of the molar ratio of the combined diluent and amine source, b) an oxidizing halogen compound in concentrated form said concentrated form characterized as the halogen compound being within a diluent and the halogen compound comprises between 3% and 18% of the molar ratio of the combined diluent and halogen compound, and c) water; creating an amine-free flow of water through a first feed; asynchronously feeding the halogen compound in a concentrated form into the first feed line; when it is determined that a chlorine demand of the process water system is such that the oxidizing halogen compound alone will not operate as an effective biocidal composition because the water contains items that reduce the oxidizing halogen compound or render the oxidizing halogen compound inert, asynchronously feeding the amine source in a concentrated form via a halogen-free second feed line into a wide space such that the concentrated amine, concentrated halogen, and water come into contact and mix with each other in the wide space wherein the wide space is a tank constructed and arranged such that the wide space has a diameter larger than both the first and second feed lines and a transition from the first and second feed lines to the tank is not streamlined and thereby a flow from the first and second feed lines results in eddies which mixes the items so that for a time when the halogen is not fed into the tank there is still remaining halogen in the tank mixing with remaining amine whose reaction products are formed and fed into the process water system thereby creating a dynamic chlorine residual which is more widely distributed than if the tank were streamlined; and
when it is determined that the halogen demand is low adding amine source and not adding halogen compound to the wide space thereby quenching free hypochlorous acid in the process water system, wherein a molar ratio of amine to oxidizing halogen is within a range of 7;
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