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US 12,404,186 B2Granted
Cooling water management systems having continuous biofilm monitoring and associated methods for using the same
AssigneeTower Guard, LLC
InventorsBradley J. Brussow, Ed Kroll
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Abstract
A water cooling/recirculating management system, including: a controller; a fluid displacement pump; a centrifugal separator; a germicide generator; a primary side stream magnetic field generator; an optional continuous, real time corrosion monitoring and reporting system; and a continuous, real time biofilm monitoring and reporting system.
Claims3
A system, comprising:
- a controller, wherein the controller is in communication with a fluid displacement pump, a centrifugal separator purge valve, and a germicide generator;
- a fluid displacement pump, wherein the fluid displacement pump extracts water from a main stream basin, prefilters the extracted water, and displaces the extracted water through a closed-circuit side stream;
- a centrifugal separator, wherein the centrifugal separator includes an inlet, an outlet, a solids collection chamber, and a purge valve that releases solids collected in the collection chamber;
- a germicide generator, wherein the germicide generator comprises at least one electrode fabricated from approximately 93 percent copper and approximately 7 percent silver;
- a primary side stream magnetic field generator, wherein the primary side stream magnetic field generator comprises at least one permanent ceramic magnet having side-to-side polarity mounted to a non-ferrous pipe with a south pole facing inward toward water;
- a continuous, real time corrosion monitoring and reporting system;
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- a continuous, real time biofilm monitoring and reporting system, wherein the biofilm monitoring system measures cathodic current density on a surface of a probe continuously and in real time.
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A system, comprising:
- a controller in electrical communication with a fluid displacement pump, a centrifugal separator purge valve, and a germicide generator;
- the fluid displacement pump that extracts water from a main stream basin through a closed-circuit side stream;
- the centrifugal separator having a solids collection chamber with the purge valve;
- the germicide generator comprising at least one electrode fabricated from approximately 93 percent copper and approximately 7 percent silver;
- a primary side stream magnetic field generator comprising at least one permanent ceramic magnet;
- a continuous, real time corrosion monitoring and reporting system that uses linear polarization resistance technique with harmonic distortion analysis;
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- a continuous, real time biofilm monitoring and reporting system that measures cathodic current density on a stainless steel or titanium probe surface, wherein the controller operates the purge valve, controls the germicide generator in at least one of an off mode, continuous on mode, and non-continuous pulse mode, and receives real-time data from both monitoring systems.
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A system, comprising:
- a controller with programmable logic controller functionality;
- a fluid displacement pump comprising a one to three horsepower pool pump with prefilter;
- a centrifugal separator that removes particles down to 40 microns and contains no filter medium or moving parts;
- a germicide generator comprising electrodes fabricated from approximately 93 percent copper and approximately 7 percent silver operating in a copper/silver ionization system;
- a primary side stream magnetic field generator comprising permanent ceramic magnets with side-to-side polarity mounted to a non-ferrous pipe having a south pole facing inward toward water;
- a continuous, real time corrosion monitoring and reporting system utilizing linear polarization resistance with harmonic distortion analysis and electrochemical noise measurement;
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- a continuous, real time biofilm monitoring and reporting system measuring cathodic current density on a probe surface continuously, wherein the system eliminates chemical treatment costs, blowdown water, and provides up to 40% energy savings through physics-based water treatment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.