A water filtration membrane is provided, capable of removing heavy metal ions, filtering out particulates, filtering out bacteria, as well as removing herbicides and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from water. The membrane is composed of a mat of randomly oriented nanoparticle-coated nanofibers. The nanofibers are covalently bonded to a plurality of substantially uniformly-distributed ceramic nanoparticles embedded in or adhered on the surface of the polymer nanofibers through reactive functional groups. The ceramic nanoparticles have a pattern of deep grooves formed on the nanoparticle surfaces. The bonding of the nanoparticles to the nanofibers is sufficient to retain the nanoparticles on the nanofiber surfaces when water flows through the water filtration membrane. The diameter of the nanofibers is 50-200 nm. The size of the nanoparticles is <40 nm, with a zeta potential of −40 to −45 mV in a dispersion medium. The nanoparticle deep grooves have an average size of approximately 1.2 nm or less.

A lamellar arrangement for shielding radiation acting on a fluid which flows through an interior of a device, comprises two or more lamellae aligned substantially parallel to one another and respectively defining an intermediate space between them, wherein at least one subset of the lamellae is respectively subdivided into at least three lamella sections comprising a first lamella section, a second lamella section next to the first lamella section and a third lamella section next to the second lamella section. The first lamella section and the second lamella section in this case enclose a first angle between them, and the second lamella section and the third lamella section enclose a second angle between them. The first angle has a magnitude in a range of from 20° to 45° and the second angle has a magnitude in a range of from 20° to 45°.

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to, among other things, systems for generating engineered water nanostructures (EWNS) comprising reactive oxygen species (ROS) and methods for inactivating at least one of viruses, bacteria, bacterial spores, and fungi in or on a wound of a subject in need thereof or on produce by applying EWNS to the wound or to the produce.

A method for removing contaminants from exhaust air and liquid using a disinfection device comprising a housing having a chamber and a top end. The chamber has a body and a reducing part. The reducing part comprises a first opening at the bottom end of the chamber and a floating body configured to seal the first opening at the bottom end. The disinfection device further comprises a spiral guiding channel having an inlet and an outlet connecting to the chamber; and an exhaust conduit having an expandable part at one end of the exhaust conduit. The exhaust conduit connects to the top end of the housing and partially extends through the body of the chamber. A nonluminous disinfection part is installed in the disinfection device interior so as to remove air contaminants when air is passing through the chamber from the spiral guiding channel to the exhaust conduit.

The present invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) in the treatment of products, in particular of aqueous or nonaqueous compositions, preferably water and aqueous compositions, against bacteria of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), and also the use thereof in a process for treating an aqueous composition or water with respect to strains of the Bcc complex.

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formula (I) wherein: R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl or ethyl radical; R3 represents a linear C.sub.1-C.sub.12 alkyl radical (saturated), optionally substituted with a hydroxyl group; or a linear C.sub.2-C.sub.12 alkenyl radical (C═C unsaturated), optionally substituted with a hydroxyl group.

Chemical dispensers are provided that include a hollow body member including a bottom end configured to be disposed below a waterline and a top end configured to be disposed above the waterline. The hollow body member defines an interior space disposed between the bottom end and the top end that is configured to accept, through the top end, and hold therein a dissolvable chemical. The dispenser includes a buoyancy member surrounding the hollow body member and configured to provide buoyancy to the dispenser when placed in a body of water such that a first portion of the interior space remains above the waterline and a second portion of the interior space submerges below the waterline. An opening in the hollow body member allows sufficient water flow into the interior space below the waterline such that dissolution or partial dissolution of the dissolvable chemical below the waterline occurs.

An apparatus comprising a microwave oven configured to emit microwave radiation; wherein the microwave oven comprises an interior space; wherein the microwave radiation comprises a first portion and a second portion within the interior space of the microwave oven wherein microwave oven comprises a first side and a second side; a flow tube configured in the interior space of the microwave oven; wherein the flow tube comprises of a first side and a second side; an electrodeless ultraviolet (UV)-emitting bulb configured inside the flow tube; a water flow pump; and wherein the combination of the electrodeless ultraviolet (UV)-emitting bulb and the flow tube housed in the interior space of the microwave oven purifies the contaminated water to a predetermined level of sterilization.

An apparatus and method for filtering a fluid is provided. The apparatus includes a filtration unit having an inlet and hollow fiber membranes. The hollow fiber membranes are each formed from an elongated tube having an exterior surface and an interior surface. The hollow fiber membranes are configured to separate the filtration unit into a permeate side that allows permeate to exit the filtration unit through a permeate outlet and a retentate side that allows retentate to exit the filtration unit through a retentate outlet. The hollow fiber membranes include a coating linked to the exterior surface or interior surface of the hollow fiber membranes. The coating includes a poly electrolyte electrostatically coupled to the charged exterior surface or the charged interior surface.

Provided are anti-pathogenic sintered nanoparticle compounds made of zeolite, silver nitrate (AgNO.sub.3), silver dioxide nanoparticles (Ag.sub.2O np), and graphene. Provided are enhanced granulated activated charcoal (EGAC) compounds made of granulated activated charcoal, silver nitrate (AgNO.sub.3), silver dioxide nanoparticles (Ag.sub.2O np), and graphene. Uses of the same are provided, including in enhanced filtration systems and/or pressurized wastewater filtration plants.

Water treatment and purification system as disclosed herein relates to a PLC controlled system utilizing a hydroxyl radical generation unit and system to treat polluted water. The system uses a hydroxyl-based advanced oxidation based on natural processes that keeps our atmosphere clean and breathable. This technology creates its own high concentration of hydroxyls that are put through a venturi system into the water to be purified to eliminate unwanted organic compounds such as hydrogen sulfide, pathogens, chloride resistant parasites, and harmful bacteria. The system can also reduce inorganic contaminants including iron and manganese.