Patent ID: 9090492
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: A01N,A61L,C02F

Abstract:
1. A method for effecting an in situ generation of biocide with respect to an external surface of a device disposed in a volume of salt water, the volume greater than a displacement volume of the device, the method comprising the steps of: a) associating a cathode electrode to the external surface of the device; b) associating an anode electrode to the external surface of the device with said anode electrode spaced apart from said cathode electrode; and c) hydrolyzing one or more components in a portion of the volume of salt water adjacent to the external surface which generates a halogen biocide at said anode electrode with said halogen biocide flowing from said anode electrode away from said cathode electrode within a biocide layer, said biocide layer responsive to a physical arrangement of said associations of said electrodes with the device.