Patent ID: 7691246
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: B01D,B01J,C02F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a rinse tank; a first process line coupled to the rinse tank; a second process line; a filter to receive a rinse fluid and to remove matter from the rinse fluid; and at least one electrodeionization (EDI) unit coupled to the filter, the EDI unit to concurrently recover a chemical element from the rinse fluid and purify the rinse fluid by separating the recovered chemical element from the rinse fluid, and thereafter, outputting the rinse fluid over the first process line back to the rinse tank that originally supplied the rinse fluid and outputting a concentrate of the recovered chemical element over the second process line; and a process bath coupled to the second process line, the process bath being used to apply the recovered chemical element to an item placed within the process bath.