Apparatus for treating liquids with wave energy from an electrical arc
AssigneeForet Plasma Labs, LLC
InventorTodd Foret
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Abstract
An apparatus for treating a liquid includes: (a) a pump volute or hydrocyclone head having an inlet and a throat having an outlet and a central axis, (b) a tank connected to the outlet of the throat, the tank has a maximum inner diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the outlet of the throat, and (c) a wave energy source having a first electrode within the pump volute or hydrocyclone head that extends through the outlet of the throat along the central axis, and a second electrode within the tank that is spaced apart and axially aligned with first electrode along the central axis. The liquid is supplied to the inlet of the pump volute or hydrocyclone head, and is irradiated with one or more wave energies produced by the wave energy source.
Claims61
An apparatus for treating a liquid comprising:
- a pump volute or hydrocyclone head having an inlet and a throat having an outlet and a central axis;
- a tank connected to the outlet of the throat, the tank has a maximum inner diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the outlet of the throat;
- a wave energy source comprising a first electrode within the pump volute or hydrocyclone head that is aligned with the central axis, and a second electrode within the tank that is spaced apart and axially aligned with first electrode along the central axis;
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- the liquid is supplied to the inlet of the pump volute or hydrocyclone head, and is irradiated with one or more wave energies produced by the wave energy source.
An apparatus for treating a liquid comprising:
- a pump volute or hydrocyclone head having an inlet and a throat having an outlet and a central axis;
- a tank connected to the outlet of the throat, at least an upper portion of the tank comprises a reflector and the tank has a maximum inner diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the outlet of the throat;
- a wave energy source comprising a first electrode within the pump volute or hydrocyclone head that is aligned with the central axis, and a second electrode within the tank that is spaced apart and axially aligned with first electrode along the central axis;
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- the liquid is supplied to the inlet of the pump volute or hydrocyclone head, and is irradiated with one or more wave energies (a) produced by a plasma core created by an electrical arc between the first electrode and the second electrode and (b) reflected by the reflector.
An apparatus for treating a liquid comprising:
- a pump volute or hydrocyclone head having an inlet and a throat having an outlet and a central axis;
- a tank connected to the outlet of the throat, at least an upper portion of the tank comprises a reflector and the tank has a maximum inner diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the outlet of the throat;
- a wave energy source comprising a first electrode within the pump volute or hydrocyclone head that is aligned with the central axis, and a second electrode within the tank that is spaced apart and axially aligned with first electrode along the central axis;
- a power supply connected to the first electrode and the second electrode;
- a mechanism to strike an electrical arc between the first electrode and the second electrode;
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- the liquid is supplied to the inlet of the pump volute or hydrocyclone head, and is irradiated with one or more wave energies (a) produced by a plasma core created by the electrical arc between the first electrode and the second electrode and (b) reflected by the reflector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.