Patent ID: 11970678
Assignee: RF KETTLE COMPANY, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC C  H  Y | IPC C  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for the rapid aging of distilled ethyl alcohol, comprising:
providing a vessel having at least one aperture suitable for the introduction of radio frequency (RF) energy at a preselected frequency into the vessel in a target area, the vessel further providing a platform structured and arranged to substantially contain saturated wooden material below the at least one aperture, the vessel further providing a wood agitator structed and arranged to cycle saturated wooden material through the target area;
providing a distilled ethyl alcohol having a first proof;
providing a plurality of units of wood, each unit of wood having a plurality of capillaries containing at least wood sugar and resins, the capillaries defined by molecular bonds of molecules;
combining the distilled ethyl alcohol and plurality of units of wood to provide an opaque mixture, the opaque mixture disposed within the vessel with the plurality of units of wood supported by the platform, the opaque mixture having a surface disposed below the at least one aperture;
circulating at least the ethyl alcohol from a lower portion of the vessel to an upper portion of the vessel to continuously refresh the surface;
cycling the units of wood through the target area; and
applying a constant RF energy through the aperture at the preselected frequency, the applied constant RF energy exciting polar molecules of the capillaries of the units of wood within the target area to fracture and expand the capillaries, the fractured and expanded capillaries absorbing the alcohol of the distilled ethyl alcohol, the absorbed alcohol dissolving at least a portion of the wood sugars and resins into the distilled ethyl alcohol to rapidly age the distilled ethyl alcohol.