ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,194, issued on May 26, was assigned to Evoqua Water Technologies LLC (Pittsburgh).
"Ballast water treatment and neutralization" was invented by Vadim Zolotarsky (Springfield, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques and systems for neutralizing discharge waters from ballast and/or cooling water biocidal treatment and disinfection systems are provided. The systems utilize oxidation reduction potential control to regulate the dechlorination of a biocidal agent to allowable discharge levels in ship buoyancy systems and ship cooling water systems."
The patent was filed on June 23, 2023, under Application No. 18/213,799.
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