System, method and apparatus for treating liquids with wave energy from plasma
AssigneeForet Plasma Labs, LLC
InventorTodd Foret
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for treating a liquid by providing a santitary type stainless steel hydrocyclone, flowing the liquid through the hydrocyclone, and turning on a plasma torch attached to the hydrocyclone such that a plasma arc irradiates the liquid. The hydrocyclone can be a forward flow hydrocyclone, a reverse flow hydrocyclone, a through flow hydrocyclone, a hydrocyclone pump or a volute.
Claims19
A retrofit kit for converting a centrifugal pump into a liquid treatment apparatus, wherein the centrifugal pump comprises (a) a pump volute or hydrocyclone head having a side discharge, a lower inlet and an upper opening, (b) an impeller assembly attached to the upper opening and (c) a throat having a first opening and a second opening wherein the first opening is attached to the lower inlet, the retrofit kit comprising:
- an anode that replaces the impeller assembly, wherein the anode comprises (a) a vortex finder attached to a backplate such that the vortex finder extends into the pump volute or hydrocyclone head and the backplate seals the upper opening of the pump volute or hydrocyclone head, (b) an electrical connection attached to the vortex finder or backplate, and (c) the anode is made of an electrically and thermally conductive material;
- a plasma torch that attaches to the vortex finder such that a central axis of the plasma torch, a central axis of the vortex finder, a central axis of the lower inlet and a central axis of the throat are all aligned with one another;
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- wherein the side discharge becomes a side inlet and the lower inlet becomes a lower outlet such that a liquid flows into the side inlet, cools the anode and is irradiated by a plasma arc from the plasma torch.
A method for converting a centrifugal pump into a liquid treatment apparatus comprising:
- providing the centrifugal pump comprising (a) a pump volute or hydrocyclone head having a side discharge, a lower inlet and an upper opening, (b) an impeller assembly attached to the upper opening and (c) a throat having a first opening and a second opening wherein the first opening is attached to the lower inlet;
- replacing the impeller assembly with an anode comprising (a) a vortex finder attached to a backplate such that the vortex finder extends into the pump volute or hydrocyclone head and the backplate seals the upper opening of the pump volute or hydrocyclone head, (b) an electrical connection attached to the vortex finder or backplate, and (c) the anode is made of an electrically and thermally conductive material;
- attaching a plasma torch to the vortex finder such that a central axis of the plasma torch, a central axis of the vortex finder, a central axis of the lower inlet and a central axis of the throat are all aligned with one another;
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- wherein the side discharge becomes a side inlet and the lower inlet becomes a lower outlet such that a liquid flows into the side inlet, cools the anode and is irradiated by a plasma arc from the plasma torch.
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