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US 2019/0241448 A1Published application
Electromagnetic fluid separation and combination
OwnerAnthony J. Orlerinventor
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Abstract
Electromagnetic processing of fluid materials is disclosed. Separation of one or more ionic components of a fluid, and combination of one or more ionic components in a fluid, are discussed.
Claims13
A fluid control device, comprising:
- an electromagnetic field generating device, externally coupled to a first conduit, in which the electromagnetic field generating device creates an electromagnetic field within the first conduit such that ions within a fluid in the outer conduit are affected by the electromagnetic field.
A method for selectively moving ions in a fluid, comprising:
- flowing the fluid in a first conduit;
- exposing the fluid flowing in the first conduit to an electromagnetic field, wherein the electromagnetic field is generated external to the first conduit;
- adjusting the electromagnetic field to selectively affect at least one ion in the fluid flowing in the first conduit;
- and
- dividing the first conduit into at least a first portion and a second portion, in which the electromagnetic field affects the at least one ion such that the at least one ion flows into a desired one of the first portion and the second portion.
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