US Patent Issued to TexOPCO on April 1 for "Electrodialysis process and bipolar membrane electrodialysis devices for silica removal" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,446, issued on April 1, was assigned to TexOPCO LLC (Houston).

"Electrodialysis process and bipolar membrane electrodialysis devices for silica removal" was invented by Ethan Demeter (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are electrodialysis systems for removing silica from a desalinated water stream and methods for removing silica from a desalinated water stream. For example, described are bipolar membrane electrodialysis devices for removing silica from water comprising one or more anion exchange membranes; one or more bipolar membranes; and a pair of electrodes comprising a positive electrode and a negative ...