Fluid processor apparatus and method
OwnerBernard A. Wolfinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a fluid processing apparatus and method wherein a plurality of alternating, permanently magnetic cathode plates and anode plates having applied thereto frequency controlled, square wave pulses superimposed over a constant base voltage so as to create an electric field which is substantially perpendicular to the magnetic field of the cathode plates. An alternative embodiment includes a centrally disposed electromagnet for creating a second magnetic field. A downstream water coalescer and molecular sieve are optionally employed depending upon the intended use of the apparatus and method.
Claims18
In an apparatus for removing undesirable elements from a stream of fluid wherein said apparatus includes at least one pair of parallel electrode plates spaced apart to permit the fluid to flow therebetween, means for establishing an electric potential between said pair of electrodes plates to maintain an electric field therebetween, the improvement comprising:
- means for providing a magnetic field which is substantially perpendicular to the electric field in a region between the pair of electrode plates,
- the means for establishing the electric potential comprising a source of frequency controlled, square wave pulses superimposed over a constant base voltage,
- whereby the undesirable elements are accelerated in a helical path toward one of the pair of electrodes.
A method of removing undesirable elements from a stream of fluid wherein the stream of fluid flows between at least one pair of electrode plates, the improvement comprising:
- applying a magnetic field in a direction substantially perpendicular to the electric field in a region between the pair of electrode plates,
- applying an electric potential to said pair of electrode plates in the form of a source of frequency controlled, square wave pulses superimposed over a constant base voltage,
- setting the frequency of the square wave pulses to correspond to the resonant frequency of one of the desired constituants of the fluid which is selected to flow pass the electrode plates and not collected thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.