Electrolytic process for the sterilization of liquids

US4268367A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Institut fur Biomedizinische Technik · DE

Inventors

• August Reis
• Norbert L. Kirmaier · Aschheim, DE
• Helmut Determann
• Joachim Thiery · Mannheim, DE
• Rolf Haker · Bischofswerda, DE
• Dietrich Kruger · Schriesheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 11, 1979
• Grant date: May 19, 1981
• Expiry date: May 11, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/36
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

PCT No. PCT/DE78/00024 Sec. 371 Date May 11, 1979 Sec. 102(e) Date May 11, 1979 PCT Filed Sept. 14, 1978 PCT Pub. No. WO79/00145 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 22, 1979 Liquids with a very low conductivity are sterilized by means of anodic oxidation. For the purpose of increasing the conductivity without using chemically soluble additives, a gas which increases the conductivity, in particular CO.sub.2, is fed to the liquid before the anodic oxidation. For the purpose of carrying out the process, a device with an oxidation reactor (1) has a feed line (5), on the inlet side, for the gas to be fed in and a venting means (22) on the outlet side.