Treating liquids with electromagnetic fields
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1. A method for treating unwanted material in a liquid comprising:
- passing a liquid through an immersible electric field section and an immersible magnetic field section of a dual-field probe, the magnetic field section comprising immersible coils configured as Helmholtz coils;
generating, by the electric field section, a time-varying electric field and an induced magnetic field;
generating, by the magnetic field section, a time-varying magnetic field and an induced electric field; and
wherein the passing of the liquid further comprises applying the generated time-varying electric field and an induced magnetic field and the generated time-varying magnetic field and an induced electric field to treat unwanted material in the liquid.
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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 method for treating unwanted material in a liquid comprising:
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passing a liquid through an immersible electric field section and an immersible magnetic field section of a dual-field probe, the magnetic field section comprising immersible coils configured as Helmholtz coils; generating, by the electric field section, a time-varying electric field and an induced magnetic field; generating, by the magnetic field section, a time-varying magnetic field and an induced electric field; and wherein the passing of the liquid further comprises applying the generated time-varying electric field and an induced magnetic field and the generated time-varying magnetic field and an induced electric field to treat unwanted material in the liquid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for treating unwanted material in a liquid comprising:
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passing a liquid through an immersible electric field section and an immersible magnetic field section of a dual-field probe, the magnetic field section comprising immersible cons configured as Helmholtz coils; generating, by the electric field section, a time-varying electric field modulated at the ionic cyclotron frequency of unwanted material in the liquid and an induced magnetic field; generating, by the magnetic field section, a time-varying magnetic field modulated at the ionic cyclotron frequency and an induced electric field; wherein the passing of the liquid further comprises applying the generated time-varying electric field and an induced magnetic field and the generated time-varying magnetic field and an induced electric field to treat the unwanted material in the liquid; and outputting, from a signal generator, 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 (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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