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US 12,459,839 B2Granted
Device and method for treating a flow of water
AssigneeFabio and Markus colloid engineering GmbH
InventorFabio Hüther
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Abstract
A device for treating a flow of water having a chamber (1) through which the flow of water passes. In the chamber (1), a voltage with alternating polarity is fed to two electrodes (15a, 15b) of at least one electrolysis device, whereby particles of the electrode material are released to and entrained by the flow of water. The particles in the flow of water are mixed in at least one nozzle (45) of a vortexing device.
Claims10
An apparatus for treatment of a stream of water, the apparatus comprising:
- a chamber (1) bounded by a wall and having an inlet opening (3) and an outlet opening (5) that define a main flow direction (P1) for water flowing in at the inlet opening (3) and flowing out at the outlet opening (5);
- at least one electrolysis device having two electrodes (15a, 15b) that are arranged spaced apart from one another in the chamber (1);
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- a vortexing device having at least one nozzle (45) for vortexing of the stream of water in the chamber (1) located in the chamber (1) between the inlet opening (3) and the outlet opening (5),
- wherein each said nozzle (45) comprises a cylindrical shell (51) on an inflow side thereof that bounds a vortex space, the cylindrical shell (51) is closed by an inflow cap (55) on the inflow side and has an exit opening (57) on an outflow side thereof, and the cylindrical shell (51) has at least one continuous inlet hole (53).
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A method of treating a stream of water, the method comprising:
- passing the stream of water through a chamber (1) in a main flow direction (P1),
- locating at least two electrodes (15a, 15b) of an electrolysis device in said chamber (1),
- supplying the electrodes (15a, 15b) of said electrolysis device with a voltage having alternating polarity,
- releasing particles of the electrode material to the stream of water due to said voltage, and
- passing the water stream transversely to the main flow direction (P1) through at least one continuous inlet hole (53) in a cylindrical shell (51) of a nozzle (45) of a vortexing device in which the particles are mixed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.