Patent ID: 9272292
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: B03C,C10G

Claim Text:
1. A treatment apparatus for inhibiting biological contaminant proliferation within fuels and lubricants comprising: exterior walls defining a cavity of the treatment apparatus; an insulating fill material within a portion of the cavity; an even number of a plurality of insulating flow tubes encased within the insulating fill material, the insulating fill material isolating the flow tubes from one another; at least one reservoir residing in fluid communication with the plurality of insulating flow tubes within the cavity; and at least one conductive body within each of the plurality of insulating flow tubes, adjacent ones of the plurality of insulating flow tubes having alternating oppositely charged conductive phases of energy to generate an oscillating electric field within the plurality of insulating flow tubes and within the at least one reservoir to treat biological contaminants within fluid fuels and/or lubricants flowing through the treatment apparatus, wherein the at least one conductive body within each of the plurality of insulating flow tubes comprise oppositely charged electrodes, a first set of the plurality of insulating flow tubes containing positively charged electrodes and a second set of the plurality of insulating flow tubes containing negatively charged electrodes, the positively charged electrodes and negatively charged electrodes residing in alternating flow tubes so that positively charged electrodes are not contiguous with other positively charged electrodes while negatively charged electrodes are not contiguous with other negatively charged electrodes.