Treating liquids with electromagnetic fields
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1. A system for treating unwanted material in a liquid comprising:
- a dual-field probe comprising,an immersible magnetic field section configured to pass a liquid through the section, and comprising at least two immersible, radial coils configured as Helmholtz coils, the magnetic field section operable to generate a time-varying magnetic field and an induced electric field, and apply the generated, time-varying magnetic field and induced electric field to unwanted material in the liquid after an immersible electric field section applies a time-varying electric field and an induced magnetic field to the unwanted material in the liquid; and
the immersible electric field section configured to pass the liquid through the section, and operable to generate the time-varying electric field, and the induced magnetic field.
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Abstract
Dual-field electric and magnetic probes create and apply electromagnetic fields to liquids, such as water, to treat unwanted material in the liquid.
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1. A system for treating unwanted material in a liquid comprising:
a dual-field probe comprising, an immersible magnetic field section configured to pass a liquid through the section, and comprising at least two immersible, radial coils configured as Helmholtz coils, the magnetic field section operable to generate a time-varying magnetic field and an induced electric field, and apply the generated, time-varying magnetic field and induced electric field to unwanted material in the liquid after an immersible electric field section applies a time-varying electric field and an induced magnetic field to the unwanted material in the liquid; and the immersible electric field section configured to pass the liquid through the section, and operable to generate the time-varying electric field, and the induced magnetic field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for treating unwanted material in a liquid comprising:
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a dual-field probe, the probe comprising an immersible magnetic field section configured to pass a liquid through the section, and comprising at least two immersible, radial coils configured as Helmholtz coils, the magnetic field section operable to generate a time-varying magnetic field modulated at an ionic cyclotron frequency of unwanted material in the liquid and an induced electric field, and apply the time varying magnetic field and induced electric field to the unwanted material in the liquid after an immersible electric field section applies a time-varying electric field and an induced magnetic field to the unwanted material in the liquid, and an immersible electric field section configured to pass the liquid through the section, and operable to generate the time-varying electric field modulated at the ionic cyclotron frequency, and the induced magnetic field, and apply the time-varying electric field and induced magnetic field to the unwanted material in the liquid; and a signal generator operable to output a time-varying signal modulated at the ionic cyclotron frequency to the immersible magnetic field section and the immersible electric field section. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A device for treating unwanted material in a liquid comprising:
at least two immersible axial coils and at least two immersible radial coils configured to pass a liquid through the radial coils and configured in a Helmholtz coil arrangement, and operable to generate and apply a magnetic field that includes a modulation signal corresponding to an ionic cyclotron frequency of an unwanted material in the liquid to treat the unwanted material in the liquid.
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