Generation of microorganism control composition and use thereof

A method of treating a body of liquid containing microorganisms to kill said microorganisms, comprising:

• (a) burning a hydrogen-containing fuel in the presence of oxygen under conditions sufficient to produce a flame front containing significant amounts of hydrogen peroxide;
• (b) abruptly terminating said burning to prevent significant decomposition of the thus produced hydrogen peroxide and the formation of other products therefrom, by, at least in part, introducing at least a portion of said body of liquid into said flame front to produce a hydrogen peroxide-containing effluent;
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• (c) contacting the remaining portion of said body of liquid, if any, with said hydrogen peroxide-containing effluent.

A method of displacing oil from a subsurface earth formation, penetrated by at least one borehole, with a body of aqueous fluid containing microorganisms and to simultaneously control said microorganisms, comprising:

• (a) burning a hydrogen-containing fuel within a reactor in the presence of oxygen under conditions sufficient to produce a flame front containing significant amounts of hydrogen peroxide;
• (b) abruptly terminating said burning to prevent significant decomposition of the thus produced hydrogen peroxide and the formation of other products therefrom, by, at least in part, introducing a quench medium into said flame front within said reactor and to produce a hydrogen peroxide-containing effluent;
• (c) treating said body of aqueous fluid with said hydrogen peroxide-containing effluent by at least one of (1) mixing said hydrogen peroxide-containing effluent and at least part of said body of aqueous fluid at the surface of the earth, (2) mixing said hydrogen peroxide-containing effluent and at least a part of said body of aqueous fluid in the top of said borehole, (3) mixing said hydrogen peroxide-containing effluent with at least part of said body of aqueous fluid in said borehole adjacent said subsurface earth formation and (4) introducing at least part of said body of aqueous fluid into said flame front as at least a part of said quench medium to produce a mixture of all of said hydrogen peroxide-containing effluent and all of said body of aqueous fluid within said subsurface earth formation;
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• (d) displacing the thus produced mixture of hydrogen peroxide-containing effluent and said body of aqueous fluid through said subsurface earth formation.

A method of treating a body of fluid containing microorganisms to control said microorganisms comprising:

• (a) burning a hydrogen-containing fuel within a reactor in the presence of an oxidizing agent under conditions sufficient to produce partial oxidation products containing significant amounts of at least one compound capable of controlling microorganisms;
• (b) abruptly terminating said burning to prevent significant decomposition of the thus produced partial oxidation products and the formation of products of complete combustion therefrom, by, at least in part, introducing a quench fluid into said partial oxidation products within said reactor to produce an effluent containing said partial oxidation products;
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• (c) contacting said body of fluid with said effluent containing said partial oxidation products.

A method of treating a body of fluid containing microorganisms to control said microorganisms comprising:

• (a) burning a hydrogen-containing fuel within a reactor in the presence of an oxidizing agent under conditions sufficient to produce partial oxidation products containing significant amounts of at least one compound capable of controlling microorganisms;
• (b) abruptly terminating said burning to prevent significant decomposition of the thus produced partial oxidation products and the formation of other products therefrom, by, at least in part, introducing a quench fluid into said flame front within said reactor to produce an effluent containing said partial oxidation products;
• (c) maximizing the amount of said compound capable of controlling microorganisms thus contained within said partial oxidation products by at least one of (1) utilizing a particular type of said hydrogen-containing fuel in said burning, (2) maintaining a particular fuel/oxidizing agent equivalence ratio during said burning, (3) maintaining a particular temperature during said burning, (4) maintaining a particular pressure during said burning, and (5) carrying out said burning for a particular residence time;
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• (d) contacting said body of fluid with said effluent containing partial oxidation products.

A method of displacing oil from a subsurface earth formation, penetrated by at least one borehole, with a body of aqueous fluid containing microorganisms and to simultaneously control said microorganisms comprising:

• (a) burning a hydrogen-containing fuel within a reactor under conditions sufficient to produce an effluent including partial oxidation products containing significant amounts of at least one compound capable of controlling microorganisms;
• (b) abruptly terminating said burning to prevent significant decomposition of the thus produced partial oxidation products and the formation of other products therefrom, by, at least in part, introducing a quench fluid into said flame front within said reactor to produce an effluent containing said partial oxidation products;
• (c) treating said body of aqueous fluid by one of (1) mixing said effluent containing partial oxidation products and at least part of said body of aqueous fluid at the surface of the earth, (2) mixing said effluent containing partial oxidation products and at least part of said body of aqueous fluid in the top of said borehole, (3) mixing said effluent containing partial oxidation products and at least part of said body of aqueous fluid in said borehole adjacent said subsurface earth formation and (4) introducing at least part of said body of aqueous fluid into said flame front as at least part of said quench fluid to produce a mixture of all of said effluent containing partial oxidation products and said body of aqueous fluid within said subsurface earth formation;
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• (d) displacing the thus produced mixture of said effluent including partial oxidation products and said aqueous fluid through said subsurface earth formation.