Treatment of fluids with wave energy from a carbon arc

A method of treating a fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella using wave energy, comprising the steps of:

• providing a cyclone separator having a first end, a second end, a central axis from the first end to the second end, an inlet, an overflow disposed in the first end, an underflow disposed in the second end, wherein the inlet is disposed proximate to the first end;
• creating a generally longitudinally extending source of wave energy comprising an open electrical arc between a first electrode extending through the overflow and a second electrode extending through the underflow wherein both electrodes are at least partially disposed within the cyclone separator, spaced apart from one another, and axially aligned with one another along the central axis of the cyclone separator;
• creating a flow of the fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella in a thin film along a vortex path in close proximity to and surrounding the source of wave energy;
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• directly exposing the fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella to the wave energy as the chemically or biologically contaminated fluid flows along the path such that only a gas separates the fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella from the open electrical arc.

A method of treating a fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella using wave energy, comprising the steps of:

• providing a cyclone separator having a first end, a second end, a central axis from the first end to the second end, an inlet, an overflow disposed in the first end, an underflow disposed in the second end, wherein the inlet is disposed proximate to the first end;
• creating a generally longitudinally extending source of wave energy by creating an open electrical arc between a first electrode extending through the overflow and a second electrode extending through the underflow wherein both electrodes are connected to a DC power source and are at least partially disposed within the cyclone separator, spaced apart from one another, and axially aligned with one another along the central axis of the cyclone separator, and wherein the wave energy comprises ultraviolet light, infrared light and electrons;
• creating a flow of the fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella in a thin film along a vortex path in close proximity to and surrounding the source of wave energy;
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• directly exposing the fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella to the wave energy as the chemically or biologically contaminated fluid flows along the path such that only a gas separates the fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella from the open electrical arc.

An apparatus for treating a fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella using wave energy comprising:

• a gas-sparged pipe, a cyclone separator or a hydrocyclone configured to create a flow of the fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella 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;
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• wherein the electrodes are used to create an open electrical arc to provide a wave energy directly exposing the fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella as the fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella flows along the path in close proximity to and surrounding the electrical arc such that only a gas separates the fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella from the open electrical arc.