Treatment of fluids with wave energy from a carbon arc

An apparatus for treating a chemically or biologically contaminated fluid using wave energy comprising:

• a gas-sparged pipe, a cyclone separator or a hydrocyclone configured to create a flow of the chemically or biologically contaminated fluid in a thin film along a vortex path from a first end to a second end of the gas-sparged pipe, the cyclone separator or the hydrocyclone;
• a first electrode and a second electrode that are at least partially disposed within the gas-sparged pipe, the cyclone separator or the hydrocyclone, spaced apart from one another, and axially aligned with one another along a central axis of the gas-sparged pipe, the cyclone separator or the hydrocyclone from the first end to the second end;
• and
• wherein the electrodes are used to create an open electrical arc to provide a wave energy directly exposing the chemically or biologically contaminated fluid as the chemically or biologically contaminated fluid flows along the path in close proximity to and surrounding the electrical arc such that only a gas separates the chemically or biologically contaminated fluid from the open electrical arc.