Method and apparatus for electro shock degermination of water
AssigneeMultorgan S.A.
InventorWalter Stark
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Abstract
A method of, and apparatus for, the degermination of water wherein the water which is to be freed of germ is subjected to the action of air ions. The water is exposed to an air-air ion mixture having a content of at least 5.10.sup.6 air ions per cm.sup.3, and at the region where the air-air ion mixture is effective at the water to be degerminated there is produced a magnetic field which passes through such water.
Claims14
A method of degerminating water, comprising the steps of:
- a. furnishing a supply of flowing water containing bacteria which are to be killed;
- b. subjecting the flowing water to a magnetic field;
- c. positioning the magnetic field contacting the flowing water for increasing the concentration of bacteria at a predetermined location in the flowing water;
- d. introducing an air-air ion mixture having at least 5.multidot.10.sup.6 air ions per cm.sup.3 into the water at the location where the bacteria are concentrated,
- whereby the bacteria kill rate is increased by electro-shock action.
An apparatus for the degermination of water, comprising means formed of electrically insulating material for supplying a flow of water, an ion generator capable of introducing an air-air ion mixture having at least 5.multidot.10.sup.6 air ions per cm.sup.3 into the water and having an outlet, a source of excess pressure connected with the ion generator, the outlet of the ion generator being connected with the water supplying means for injecting an air-air ion mixture into the flowing water, and means for producing a magnetic field in the flowing water at the region where the air-air ion mixture is injected for increasing the concentration of bacteria at the region where the air-air ion mixture is injected to thus increase the kill rate of the bacteria contained in the water by electro-shock action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.