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US 10,781,116 B2Granted
Devices, systems and methods for treatment of liquids with electromagnetic fields
AssigneeReverse Ionizer Systems, LLC
InventorsPatrick J. Hughes, Desmond A. Fraser, Hossein Ghaffari Nik, Richard B. McMurray, Robert A. Sutherland
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Abstract
Devices, systems and methods for applying electromagnetic fields to liquids, such as water, to treat unwanted material in the liquid are disclosed. Such devices, systems and methods may include a cylindrically shaped, water-immersible probe configured to generate electromagnetic fields that are effective to treat unwanted materials, such as scale, and microbes in the water.
Claims24
A system for treating water comprising:
- an in-line device operable to generate a time-varying, modulated electromagnetic field and directly apply the modulated field to ions and biofilm in the water;
- a generator for generating a modulated signal, and for providing the modulated signal to the device to generate the time-varying, modulated electromagnetic field;
- and
- a microcontroller programmed to,
- send and receive information from one or more feedback sensors regarding a flow rate of the water and chemical properties of the water,
- adaptively adjust characteristics of the electromagnetic field, based on the flow rate of the water and chemical properties of the water, wherein such characteristics comprise modulation frequency, and modulation type,
- adjust a system impedance of the generator and the in-line device based on changes in the flow rate and chemical properties of the water, and
- adjust an amplitude of the time-varying, modulated electromagnetic field applied directly to the ions and biofilm in the water based on the adjusted impedance to optimize treatment of the water.
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A system for treating water comprising:
- an in-line device operable to generate a time-varying, modulated electromagnetic field, and directly apply the modulated field to treat ions and biofilm in the water;
- a generator for generating a modulated signal, and for providing the modulated signal to the device to generate the time-varying, modulated electromagnetic field;
- and
- a microcontroller programmed to,
- send and receive information from one or more feedback sensors regarding a flow rate of the water and chemical properties of the water,
- adaptively adjust characteristics of the electromagnetic field based on the flow rate of the water and chemical properties of the water wherein such characteristics comprise modulation frequency, and modulation type,
- adjust a system impedance of the generator and the in-line device based on the flow rate of the water and chemical properties of the water,
- adjust an amplitude of the time varying, modulated electromagnetic field applied directly to the ions and biofilm in the water based on the adjusted system impedance to optimize treatment of the water, and
- communicate the adjusted impedance and amplitude of the time-varying, modulated electromagnetic field, to a testing apparatus.
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A system for treating unwanted material in cooling tower liquid comprising:
- an in-line device operable to generate an electromagnetic field to treat the unwanted material in the cooling tower liquid;
- a generator for generating a signal, and for providing the signal to the in-line device to generate the electromagnetic field;
- and
- a microcontroller programmed to,
- send and receive information from one or more feedback sensors regarding a flow rate of the cooling tower liquid and chemical properties of the liquid,
- adaptively adjust characteristics of the electromagnetic field based on the flow rate of the cooling tower liquid and chemical properties of the liquid,
- adjust a system impedance of the generator and the in-line device based on the flow rate of the cooling tower liquid and chemicals properties of the liquid, and
- adjust an amplitude of the electromagnetic field based on the adjusted system impedance to optimize treatment of the cooling tower liquid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.