Kerry J Howe

US Patent:

20090038712, Feb 12, 2009

Filed:

Jun 23, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/214895

Inventors:

Dong Chen - Beaumont TX, US
Kerry Howe - Albuquerque NM, US
Bruce Letellier - White Rock NM, US
Jack Dallman - Santa Fe NM, US

International Classification:

C23C 22/68
C23C 22/05

US Classification:

148275

Abstract:

A method for reducing corrosion of an aluminum or aluminum alloy material by contacting the surface of the material with an aqueous solution comprising silicon dissolved therein. The aqueous solution can be reactor containment pool cooling water following a loss-of-coolant accident or an aqueous pretreatment solution. The dissolved silicon can comprise a dissolvable compound of silicon and oxygen, such as a silicate compound.

US Patent:

8557119, Oct 15, 2013

Filed:

Sep 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/880359

Inventors:

Kerry Howe - Albuquerque NM, US
Joshua Goldman - Albuquerque NM, US
Bruce Thomson - Albuquerque NM, US

Assignee:

STC.UNM - Albuquerque NM

International Classification:

B01D 61/58
B01D 61/02
B01D 15/04
B01D 59/30

US Classification:

210634, 210638, 210652, 210660, 210669, 210670, 210677, 210681

Abstract:

A novel method for improving water recovery from desalination systems by the removal of cations and/or anions using ion exchange (IX) technology. The system described herein is particularly useful for water recovery in brackish ecosystems and is unique in that important features include recycling, regeneration, and recovery of key components, thereby reducing costs and waste products.

US Patent:

20210317026, Oct 14, 2021

Filed:

Apr 9, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/301617

Inventors:

Bruce Thomson - Albuquerque NM, US
Kerry Howe - Albuquerque NM, US

Assignee:

UNM Rainforest Innovations - Albuquerque

International Classification:

C02F 9/00
C01D 3/06
C01F 5/14
C04B 11/26

Abstract:

A novel process for treatment of low quality or brackish water that allows increased recovery of high quality water, recovers commodity minerals and reduces the volume of water and mass of solids that are disposed from the process.