Method and system for treating fluid
AssigneeVortex Corporation
InventorsSrapyan Oganes SRAPYAN, Nikolaevich Nikolai NOVIKOV, Waldemar WEIMER
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Abstract
A fluid treatment system comprises a swirling apparatus which forms a helical flow, induces turbulence and cavitation, and centrifugally drifts foreign material contained in the fluid toward a periphery of the helical flow. A tapered hollow structure separates the helical flow into an inner flow within the hollow structure and a peripheral flow outside the hollow structure, wherein an amount of the foreign material is higher in the peripheral flow than in the inner flow. A first outlet discharges the inner flow, and a second outlet discharges the peripheral flow.
Claims27
A system for treating a fluid containing foreign material, the system comprising:
- a swirling apparatus configured to accelerate the fluid to form a helical flow of the fluid, to induce fluid turbulence and cavitation, and to centrifugally drift said foreign material toward a periphery of said helical flow;
- a tapered hollow structure configured for separating said helical flow into an inner flow within said hollow structure and a peripheral flow outside said hollow structure, wherein an amount of said foreign material is higher in said peripheral flow than in said inner flow;
- a first outlet configured to discharge said inner flow;
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- a second outlet configured to discharge said peripheral flow.
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A method of treating a fluid containing foreign material, the method comprising:
- by a swirling apparatus, accelerating the fluid to form a helical flow of the fluid, to induce fluid turbulence and cavitation, and to centrifugally drift said foreign material toward a periphery of said helical flow;
- by a tapered hollow structure, separating said helical flow into an inner flow within said hollow structure and a peripheral flow outside said hollow structure, wherein an amount of said foreign material is higher in said peripheral flow than in said inner flow;
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- discharging said inner flow separately from said peripheral flow.
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A method of separating water, comprising:
- generating a flow in the water while inducing cavitation therein, thereby providing an ion-enriched water flow comprising at least hydrogen ions and hydroxide ions;
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- separating said ion-enriched water flow into a first secondary water flow physically separated from a second secondary water flow, wherein an amount of hydrogen ions is higher in said first secondary water flow than in said second secondary water flow, and wherein an amount of hydroxide ions is higher in said second secondary water flow than in said first secondary water flow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.