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

Claim 8:
9. A method for the rapid aging of distilled ethyl alcohol, comprising:
providing a vessel, including:
at least one aperture suitable for the introduction of radio frequency (RF) energy at a preselected frequency selected to pass through transparent material and be absorbed by opaque material in a target area;
at least one liquid circulating system structured and arranged to circulate a liquid from a lower portion of the vessel to an upper portion of the vessel;
a platform structured and arranged to substantially contain a plurality of units of wood as the opaque material proximate to a surface of the liquid within the vessel, each unit of wood having a plurality of capillaries containing at least wood sugar and resin, the capillaries defined by molecular bonds of molecules; and
a wood agitation system structed and arranged to move the plurality of units of wood below the aperture in the target area;

providing a distilled ethyl alcohol having a first proof;
providing at least one unit of wood having a plurality of capillaries containing wood sugar, the at least one unit of wood being opaque;
combining the distilled ethyl alcohol and the at least one unit of wood to provide an opaque mixture, the opaque mixture disposed within the vessel upon the platform, the opaque mixture having a surface disposed below the at least one aperture;
applying by the RF generator through the aperture, a constant RF energy at the preselected frequency, the applied constant RF energy expanding and fracturing the plurality of capillaries of the wood within the target area, the expanding and fracturing and expanded capillaries absorbing the alcohol of the distilled ethyl alcohol, the absorbed alcohol dissolving at least the wood sugars into the distilled ethyl alcohol to rapidly age the distilled ethyl alcohol; and
using the wood agitation system to cycle the units of wood disposed substantially below the aperture in a targeted application area of the constant RF energy.