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Method for dehydrating a porous material

CA 2328318 A1 · Owner: Drytronic, Inc. · Inventors: Olsen, Henning; Bjerke, Egil

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A method for dehydrating a porous material (1) using electro-osmosis includes , applying a pattern of D.C. voltage pulses to an anode system (4) embedded in the porous material, wherein the anode system (4) is electrically interactive with a cathode structure (5) embedded in earth (2) and where the pattern of , D.C. voltage pulses has a pulse period T in a range from about 3 to about 60 seconds, and each pulse period T includes a positive pulse duration of T+ from about 0.7T to about 0.97T, a negative pulse duration of T- from about 0.01T to about 0.05T, and a neutral pulse duration of Tp from about 0.02T to about 0.25T. In another embodiment, each pulse period includes two or more …

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FiledApril 15, 1999
GrantedNo grant recorded
Term endedApril 15, 2019
Patent numberCA 2328318 A1
Classification (IPC)B01D57/02 +2 more

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