Method and device for decontaminating water which contains metal and/or is radioactively contaminated

US7070685B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• FRAUNHOFER-GESELSCHAFT · DE
• ATC Dr. Mann · DE

Inventors

• Manfred Kuhn · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Herwig Brunner · Stuttgart, DE
• Andreas Wolf · Munich, DE
• Gunther Mann · Obrigheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 5, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 4, 2006
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C02F2103/16
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to an efficient process and device for the decontamination of waters polluted with heavy metals, semimetals and/or radionuclides by cation exchange and electrochemical deposition of the anions.