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Method and apparatus for preventing biofouling in cooling water system

CA 2242981 C · Owner: Ozawa, Tateki · Inventors: Nakayama, Shigeki; Ozawa, Tateki; Yuge, Hiroshi

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A method for preventing biofouling in a cooling water system wherein ozone of high density is intermittently injected into a circulating line of a cooling water system in which cooling water is made to circulate in a closed system which includes a cooling tower and a heat exchanger. There is further disclosed an apparatus for preventing biofouling in a cooling water system, comprising an ozone generator for producing ozone an ozone reservoir for temporarily storing the produced ozone, and an ozone injector for injecting the stored ozone into a circulating line of a cooling water system. Biofouling can be economically and reliably prevented.

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  • Filed July 13, 1998 and granted April 22, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 13, 2018.
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FiledJuly 13, 1998
GrantedApril 22, 2003
Term endedJuly 13, 2018
Patent numberCA 2242981 C
Classification (IPC)C02F1/78 +1 more

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