An electrochemical system and method are disclosed for On Site Generation (OSG) of oxidants, such as free available chlorine, mixed oxidants and persulfate. Operation at high current density, using at least a diamond anode, provides for higher current efficiency, extended lifetime operation, and improved cost efficiency. High current density operation, in either a single pass or recycle mode, provides for rapid generation of oxidants, with high current efficiency, which potentially allows for more compact systems. Beneficially, operation in reverse polarity for a short cleaning cycle manages scaling, provides for improved efficiency and electrode lifetime and allows for use of impure feedstocks without requiring water softeners. Systems have application for generation of chlorine or other oxidants, including mixed oxidants providing high disinfection rate per unit of oxidant, e.g. for water treatment to remove microorganisms or for degradation of organics in industrial waste water.

An oral care implement having conductive protrusions. In one embodiment, the oral care implement includes a handle and a head coupled to the handle. Furthermore, the oral care implement includes a power source. A plurality of conductive protrusions may be electrically coupled to the power source. The plurality of conductive protrusions may include a base proximate the head and a distal end spaced from the head. Furthermore, at least one of the conductive protrusions may taper from the base to the distal end.

An oral care implement having conductive protrusions. In one embodiment, the oral care implement includes a handle and a head coupled to the handle. Furthermore, the oral care implement includes a power source. A plurality of conductive protrusions may be electrically coupled to the power source. The plurality of conductive protrusions may include a base proximate the head and a distal end spaced from the head. Furthermore, at least one of the conductive protrusions may taper from the base to the distal end.

An electrochemical system and method are disclosed for On Site Generation (OSG) of oxidants, such as free available chlorine, mixed oxidants and persulfate. Operation at high current density, using at least a diamond anode, provides for higher current efficiency, extended lifetime operation, and improved cost efficiency. High current density operation, in either a single pass or recycle mode, provides for rapid generation of oxidants, with high current efficiency, which potentially allows for more compact systems. Beneficially, operation in reverse polarity for a short cleaning cycle manages scaling, provides for improved efficiency and electrode lifetime and allows for use of impure feedstocks without requiring water softeners. Systems have application for generation of chlorine or other oxidants, including mixed oxidants providing high disinfection rate per unit of oxidant, e.g. for water treatment to remove microorganisms or for degradation of organics in industrial waste water.

An electrochemical system and method are disclosed for On Site Generation (OSG) of oxidants, such as free available chlorine, mixed oxidants and persulfate. Operation at high current density, using at least a diamond anode, provides for higher current efficiency, extended lifetime operation, and improved cost efficiency. High current density operation, in either a single pass or recycle mode, provides for rapid generation of oxidants, with high current efficiency, which potentially allows for more compact systems. Beneficially, operation in reverse polarity for a short cleaning cycle manages scaling, provides for improved efficiency and electrode lifetime and allows for use of impure feedstocks without requiring water softeners. Systems have application for generation of chlorine or other oxidants, including mixed oxidants providing high disinfection rate per unit of oxidant, e.g. for water treatment to remove microorganisms or for degradation of organics in industrial waste water.

A cleaning method including a persulphuric acid producing step of causing a cleaning sulfuric acid solution to travel into an electrolyzing section and to circulate therethrough to produce persulphuric acid having a predetermined concentration by electrolysis in the electrolyzing section, a solution mixing step of mixing the sulfuric acid solution containing the persulphuric acid produced in the persulphuric acid producing step with a halide solution containing one or more types of halide ion without causing the solutions to travel into the electrolyzing section to produce a mixed solution having a post-mixture concentration of oxidant including the persulphuric acid that ranges from 0.001 to 2 mol/L, a heating step of heating the mixed solution, and a cleaning step of cleaning a semiconductor substrate by transporting the heated mixed solution to cause the heated mixed solution to come into contact with the semiconductor substrate.

The invention concerns a process for producing gaseous dihydrogen and ammonium sulphate from an aqueous liquid effluent containing organic and inorganic materials or a mixture of aqueous liquid effluents,

said process comprising the following steps: nanofiltration of said aqueous liquid effluent or said mixture of aqueous liquid effluents so as to obtain a permeate; ammonia stripping of the permeate from said nanofiltration step in an ammonia stripping unit so as to obtain an ammonium sulphate; treatment by reverse osmosis of at least part of the permeate extracted from the ammonia stripping unit after said ammonia stripping step, so as to obtain an osmosed aqueous solution; electrolysis of at least part of said osmosis aqueous solution so as to decompose said part of said osmosis aqueous solution into at least gaseous dihydrogen.

The invention concerns a process for producing gaseous dihydrogen and ammonium sulphate from an aqueous liquid effluent containing organic and inorganic materials or a mixture of aqueous liquid effluents,

said process comprising the following steps: nanofiltration of said aqueous liquid effluent or said mixture of aqueous liquid effluents so as to obtain a permeate; ammonia stripping of the permeate from said nanofiltration step in an ammonia stripping unit so as to obtain an ammonium sulphate; treatment by reverse osmosis of at least part of the permeate extracted from the ammonia stripping unit after said ammonia stripping step, so as to obtain an osmosed aqueous solution; electrolysis of at least part of said osmosis aqueous solution so as to decompose said part of said osmosis aqueous solution into at least gaseous dihydrogen.

An oral care implement having conductive protrusions. In one embodiment, the oral care implement includes a handle and a head coupled to the handle. Furthermore, the oral care implement includes a power source. A plurality of conductive protrusions may be electrically coupled to the power source. The plurality of conductive protrusions may include a base proximate the head and a distal end spaced from the head. Furthermore, at least one of the conductive protrusions may taper from the base to the distal end.

This invention relates to a resource-recycling type method and apparatus for treating industrial wastewater using an oxidizing agent produced from wastewater, wherein, in the treatment of industrial wastewater containing nitrogen compounds and refractory COD-causing pollutants, an oxidizing agent is autonomously produced using ammonia gas stripped from wastewater and is then added back to the wastewater, thus economically treating the wastewater without the need to purchase an expensive oxidizing agent. This wastewater treatment method, suitable for use in decreasing amounts of nitrogen pollutants (T-N), including ethanolamine compounds and ammonia nitrogen (NH.sub.3N), and refractory COD-causing pollutants in industrial wastewater, includes: stripping ammonia from raw wastewater, producing an oxidizing agent via addition of sulfuric acid to the stripped ammonia, electrolysis and addition of sodium hydroxide, and performing chemical treatment by adding the produced oxidizing agent back to the raw wastewater from which ammonia was stripped, thus removing the nitrogen pollutants (T-N) and the refractory COD-causing pollutants, and the apparatus used to perform the wastewater treatment method is also provided.