Method and apparatus for liquid treatment with combined electronic and centrifugal processes to remove contaminants
AssigneeClearwater Systems Corporation
InventorJohn W. Lane
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for treating dirty water or other liquids containing particles of varying size includes a magnetic treatment unit and a centrifugal separator through which the liquid flows as a stream in sequence. The magnetic treatment unit causes very small sized particles to agglomerate, nucleate or otherwise to be amassed into larger particles which are then more easily separated by the centrifugal separator.
Claims10
A method for treating a liquid to remove solid and particulate contaminants within a size range including very small sizes, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a source of liquid to be treated,
- moving liquid from said source progressively through a treatment zone at which the water is subjected to high frequency magnetic flux, and
- then moving water which has been treated by said high frequency magnetic flux progressively through a centrifugal separator to remove solids and particulates from the water.
An apparatus for liquid treatment, said apparatus comprising:
- a magnetic treatment unit,
- a centrifugal separator,
- a pipe system for causing a liquid to be treated to flow in a stream passing first through said magnetic treatment unit and then through said centrifugal separator,
- said magnetic treatment unit being one for subjecting the liquid stream passing therethrough to an oscillating magnetic flux, and
- said centrifugal separator being a mechanical one.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.