High energy disinfection of waste
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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.
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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.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for treating a fluid waste;
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an RF plasma wave generator that produces waves; and
a conduit that carries the waste past the waves. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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- 10. The device of claim 1 wherein the RF plasma wave generator has a basic frequency of 0.44 MHz-40.56 MHz.
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10-1. A method of reducing biological contamination in a waste, comprising:
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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.
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11-2. The method of claim 10 in which the substantial percentage is at least 50%.
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