Process for disinfecting water

US4385973A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• August K. Reis · DE

Inventors

• August Reis
• Norbert L. Kirmaier · Aschheim, DE
• Meinolf H. A. Schoberl · Prien am Chiemsee, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 1980
• Grant date: May 31, 1983
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C02F2303/04
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

In a process for disinfecting water by anodic oxidation in a reactor the volumetric flow rate, current density and contact time are selected so that there is an excess of reaction products having oxidizing power in the water at the exit from the reactor, which gives rise to continued disinfection downstream of the reactor. The process is particularly applicable to water for swimming pools.