Patent ID: 9533897
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: C02F

Claim:
1. A process for producing electro-chemically activated water comprising the steps of: a) delivering a dilute aqueous salt solution along a fluid flow path through a preliminary reactor to produce an intermediate solution, said preliminary reactor comprising at least one positively charged anode element and at least one negatively charged cathode element, said cathode element being spaced apart from said anode element such that said fluid flow path travels between said cathode element and said anode element, and said preliminary reactor having no membrane element positioned between said cathode element and said anode element; b) delivering said intermediate solution through an activation reactor comprising at least one positively charged anode element, at least one negatively cathode element, a membrane element positioned between said anode element and said cathode element of said activation reactor, an anodal flow chamber formed between said anode element of said activation reactor and said membrane element, and a cathodal flow chamber formed between said cathode element of said activation reactor and said membrane element; and c) recovering an aqueous anolyte product solution from said anodal flow chamber of said activation reactor.