High energy disinfection of waste

• US 20040141876A1
• Filed: 10/30/2003
• Published: 07/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Triaxial Energies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Triaxial Energies, LLC
• Inventors: Gorodkin, Mark, Paskalov, George, Sokolov, Viktor
• Granted Patent: US 7,989,673 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 422/22
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/08 Radiation
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/10 Ultraviolet radiation
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/14 Plasma, i.e. ionised gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/18 Liquid substances or solutions comprising solids or dissolved gases
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 19/0086 Processes carried out with a view to control or to change the pH-value; Applications of buffer salts; Neutralisation reactions
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 19/129 Radiofrequency
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2219/0877 Liquid
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2219/0894 Processes carried out in the presence of a plasma
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/005 Systems or processes based on supernatural or anthroposophic principles, cosmic or terrestrial radiation, geomancy or rhabdomancy
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/30 by irradiation
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/302 with microwaves
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/48 with magnetic or electric fields C02F1/46 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2103/026 Treating water for medical or cosmetic purposes
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2201/486 using antenna
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2209/04 Oxidation reduction potential [ORP]
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2209/06 pH
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2303/04 Disinfection

Abstract

An apparatus subjects fluid waste to waves from an RF plasma. This allows continuous production of “activated water” characterized by cluster sizes below about 4 molecules per cluster, water having pH below 4 or above 10, or water having ORP of less than −350 mV or more than +800 mV. The basic frequency of the plasma is preferably between 0.44 MHz and 40.68 MHz, and the plasma is preferably modulated at a frequency between 10 kHz and 34 kHz. Flow rates typically range from 20 1/hr to about 2000 1 hr.

Claims

1. A system for treating a fluid waste;

an RF plasma wave generator that produces waves; and

a conduit that carries the waste past the waves.

6. The device of claim 1 further comprising a sewer that carries at least some of the fluid waste to the conduit.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein the conduit carries the waste in at least two substantially separate streams past the waves, and then recombines the separate streams.

8. The device of claim 1 further comprising a filter fluidly positioned upstream of the RF plasma wave generator.

9. The device of claim 1 further comprising a second conduit that carries a portion of the waste in a pathway that bypasses the waves from the RF plasma wave generator.

10. The device of claim 1 wherein the RF plasma wave generator has a basic frequency of 0.44 MHz-40.56 MHz.

2. The device of claim 1 further comprising a holding tank upstream of the wave generator, which contains at least some of the waste for at least one hour.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein the holding tank contains an inlet that is fluidly downstream of a toilet.

4. A municipal waste processing facility that includes a device according to claim 3.

5. A ship that includes a device according to claim 3.

11. The device of claim 1 wherein the RF plasma wave generator has a modulation frequency of 10-35 kHz.

12. The method of claim 10 in which the substantial percentage is at least 90%.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising discharging the treated waste into a navigable body of water.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising discharging the treated waste into a sewer.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising discharging the treated waste into a conduit in a municipal waste treatment plant.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of providing an RF plasma wave generator comprises operating the generator at a basic frequency of 0.44 MHz-40.56 MHz.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of providing an RF plasma wave generator comprises operating the generator at a modulation frequency of 10-35 kHz.

10-1. A method of reducing biological contamination in a waste, comprising:

providing an RF plasma wave generator; and

carrying the waste past waves produced by the RF plasma wave generator under conditions in which a substantial percentage of the population of a microbe in the waste is inactivated or killed, to produce a treated waste.

11-2. The method of claim 10 in which the substantial percentage is at least 50%.