System for surface and fluid cleaning

A system for cleaning a surface, comprising:

• (a) a pressure vessel, the pressure vessel being suitably configured so as to house the surface;
• (b) a cleaning fluid within the pressure vessel of sufficient depth such that the surface is submerged in the cleaning fluid;
• (c) means for introducing a gas into the cleaning fluid so as to achieve a desired pressure within the pressure vessel, wherein the desired pressure is dependent upon the gas, the surface and the cleaning fluid;
• (d) a pressure relief valve movable between a first open position and a second closed position, wherein movement of the valve from the closed position to the open position causes a substantially instantaneous decrease in the desired pressure within the pressure vessel such that bubbles spontaneously form within the cleaning fluid, the bubbles tending to form around contaminants on the surface, the bubbles tending to remove the contaminants from the surface and suspend the contaminants within the cleaning fluid;
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• (e) a drain, the drain permitting the cleaning fluid to be removed from the pressure vessel, thereby simultaneously removing the suspended contaminants from the pressure vessel such that a relatively clean surface remains within the pressure vessel.