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Electrocoagulation system

  • US 20040251213A1
  • Filed: 04/02/2004
  • Published: 12/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electrocoagulation system configured for treating a treatment stream, comprising:

  • a containment having an inlet and an outlet;

    a plurality of plates carried within the containment and configured to provide distributed electrical potential to facilitate formation of an electric field within the containment through which the treatment stream passes;

    an elongated fluid pathway configured to direct the treatment stream within the containment, extending from the inlet to the outlet, and in contact with the plurality of plates, said pathway being configured to create a multiplicity of flow regimes in the treatment stream;

    a controllable power supply configured to provide variable electric potential to said plurality of plates, at least one plate acting as a cathode and at least one plate acting as an anode, and the system being configured so that a plurality of plates can act as the cathode and a plurality of plates can act as the anode;

    the system being configured so that as a treatment stream transits the elongated pathway it can be subjected to a multiplicity of combinations of electrical field regimes and flow regimes, the electrical field regimes being variable independently of the plurality of flow regimes.

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