Method of using a composition for treating contaminant in an agricultural system

Abstract

The use of a composition effective in treating a wide variety of contaminants, such as organic compounds, from an agricultural system is provided. The process of preparing such composition includes contacting hydrogen peroxide, glycolic acid, and water. The process can additionally include contacting with one or more additional components such as isopropyl alcohol.

Description

RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority from provisional U.S. application Ser. No. 60 / 223,064 filed Aug. 4, 2000.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention relates to a method of making a composition and a product from such method wherein such composition is effective in reducing the concentration of a contaminant in an environment. [0003] It is known that various processes used to produce printed materials such as printing processes and lithography processes utilize various machinery that contain several parts such as rollers, apparatus to contain and move fluids (such as hoses and trays), and other moving parts (such as gears and the like). Such machinery becomes contaminated with various contaminants, such as organic deposits, calcium deposits, bacteria, fungi, and additional residue created from the use of various organic-based inks and printing production fluids known in the art. Great difficulty is encountered in attempting to reduce the concentratio...

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Benefits of technology

The composition achieves complete removal of contaminants, reducing downtime and safety risks, while being environmentally friendly and easy to dispose of, improving production consistency and reducing environmental impact.

Problems solved by technology

Such machinery becomes contaminated with various contaminants, such as organic deposits, calcium deposits, bacteria, fungi, and additional residue created from the use of various organic-based inks and printing production fluids known in the art.

Great difficulty is encountered in attempting to reduce the concentration of, preferably remove, such contaminants from the various parts of the machinery due, in part, to the difficulty in accessing the internal parts of such machinery.

In addition, when such contaminant residue is not removed on a consistent basis, it is known that such residue can accumulate and harden over time creating a residue which is difficult to remove and can cause undesirable chemical reactions to occur in the various processes.

Such mechanical methods require significant downtime of the machinery and involve increased risk to the equipment and the personnel involved with removing such residue.

However, such solvents and surfactants do not completely remove such residue.

Further, when such solvents and surfactants do not completely remove such residue, such residue begins to accumulate as discussed above.

Such parts can become contaminated with various contaminants such as organic and calcium deposits, calcium and starch-based glues, and the like and combinations thereof.

Various compositions known to reduce the concentration of, or remove, such contaminants utilize compositions which are difficult to dispose of due to environmental regulations and can present significant safety hazards.

Use of such water-containing systems presents several problems relating to the fouling of such water-containing systems with various contaminants such as scale, algae, fungi, bacteria, surfactants, various organic compounds, and the like.

The contaminants can foul such water-containing systems to such an extent that such water-containing systems require extensive cleaning to remove such contaminants, which results in a decrease in production of goods.

However, use of such chlorine-based compositions present various environmental and safety hazards and further, disposal of such products produced using such chlorine-based compositions requires close environmental scrutiny and regulation.

In addition, such chlorine-based compositions are frequently utilized in gaseous form which requires extensive safety and training procedures to be utilized.

Such compositions can be difficult to use due to the difficulty in determining how much of each component of the composition should be added.