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The present invention consists of a method of pre-treatment of adulterated water for distillation, including adulterated water produced during hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) of shale rock during natural gas drilling. In particular, the invention is directed to a method of treating adulterated water, said adulterated water having an initial level of bicarbonate ion in a range of about 250 ppm to about 5000 ppm and an initial level of calcium ion in a range of about 500 ppm to about 50,000 ppm, said method comprising contacting the adulterated water with a non-thermal arc discharge plasma to produce plasma treated water having a level of bicarbonate ion of less than about 100 ppm. Optionally, the plasma treated water may be further distilled.
IP STATUS
Intellectual Property and Development Status
United States Patent Issued- 9,695,068
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Alexey Melishchuk
Associate Director, Licensing
Office of Technology Commercialization
Drexel University
3180 Chestnut Street, Suite 104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel.: 215-895-0304
amelishchuk@drexel.edu