Devices for the treatment of liquids using plasma discharges and related methods
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1. A system for treating unwanted material in a liquid comprising:
- a dual-field electromagnetic device (EM) section comprising,an immersible magnetic field section operable to generate a time-varying magnetic field and an induced electric field in a liquid, andan immersible electric field section operable to generate a time-varying electric field, and an induced magnetic field in the liquid; and
a plasma discharge section comprising,a plurality of immersible and parallel, dielectric barrier discharge elements, where the number of elements varies based on a desired mass flow rate, and each element comprises negatively charged and positively charged electrodes operable to generate one or more plasma discharges within the liquid to create reactive and molecular species of ions in the liquid.
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Abstract
Plasma discharges and electromagnetic fields may be applied to a liquid, such as water, to treat unwanted material in the liquid.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for treating unwanted material in a liquid comprising:
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a dual-field electromagnetic device (EM) section comprising, an immersible magnetic field section operable to generate a time-varying magnetic field and an induced electric field in a liquid, and an immersible electric field section operable to generate a time-varying electric field, and an induced magnetic field in the liquid; and a plasma discharge section comprising, a plurality of immersible and parallel, dielectric barrier discharge elements, where the number of elements varies based on a desired mass flow rate, and each element comprises negatively charged and positively charged electrodes operable to generate one or more plasma discharges within the liquid to create reactive and molecular species of ions in the liquid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for treating unwanted material in a liquid comprising:
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a dual-field EM device section, the EM device section comprising an immersible magnetic field section operable to generate a time-varying magnetic field modulated at an ionic cyclotron frequency of unwanted material in a liquid and an induced electric field, and apply the time varying magnetic field and induced electric field to unwanted material in a liquid, and an immersible electric field section operable to generate a time-varying electric field modulated at the ionic cyclotron frequency, and an induced magnetic field, and apply the time-varying electric field and induced magnetic field to the unwanted material at the same time as the magnetic field section is applying the generated magnetic field and the induced electric field; a plasma discharge section comprising a plurality of immersible and parallel, dielectric barrier discharge elements, where the number of elements varies based on a desired mass flow rate, and each element comprises negatively charged and positively charged electrodes operable to generate one or more plasma discharges within the liquid to create reactive and molecular species of ions 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 of the dual-field EM device section. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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