ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,971, issued on March 4, was assigned to Ionx Solutions LLC (Glendale, Ariz.).
"System and method for regenerating and restoring kinetic properties of resin" was invented by Thomas O. Miller (Peoria, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method configured to restore ion exchange kinetic properties and purify resin is described. Degraded ion exchange kinetic properties of anion resin will eventually result in impurity slippage through resin charges. This system and method employs an acid catalyst in combination with sulfite cleaning solution to remove organic material and to protonate iron oxides for deconstruction and remo...