Ultrasonic apparatus and method for the purification of fluids
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DEGASSING OF AND CONTINUOUS PROCESSING OF LIQUID IN A FLOW LINE TO DEACTIVATE THE SHEAR SUSCEPTIBLE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS AND/OR TO KILL THE MICROORGANISMS CONTAINED THERIN. POLLUTED WATER CONTAINING SHEAR SUSCEPTIBLE CHEMICALS AND AEROBIC AND/ OR ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS IS PURIFIED WHILE IN TRANSIT, BY TRANSFERRING ENERGY INTO THE MOVING LIQUID BY MEANS OF AN ULTRASONIC GENERATOR DRIVING A TRANSDUCER IMMERSED IN THE LIQUID IN A UNIQUE DISPOSITION, THE IMPEDANCE OF THE GENERATOR AND IMMERSED TRANSDUCER PER SE BEING MATCHED. A FEATURE OF THE INVENTION IS THE IMMERSION OF THE TRANSDUCER IN LIQUID TO BE DEGASSED AND/OR IN THE COLUMN OF LIQUID BEING PROCESSED AND ITS AXIAL DISPOSITION FOCUSED IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW, AND WHICH AFFECTS THE ENTIRE COLUMN OF LIQUID IN THE FLOW LINE.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles E Farman
- 👤 Thomas C Green
- 👤 Hurley D Pepper
- 👤 Samuel Slone
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