Patent ID: 9156715
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A23B,A23L,B01J,C02F,H05B,Y02A,Y02W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for treating a liquid comprising: a pump volute or hydrocyclone head having an inlet and a throat having an outlet and a central axis; a tank connected to the outlet of the throat, the tank has a maximum inner diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the outlet of the throat; a wave energy source comprising a first electrode within the pump volute or hydrocyclone head that is aligned with the central axis, and a second electrode within the tank that is spaced apart and axially aligned with first electrode along the central axis; and the liquid is supplied to the inlet of the pump volute or hydrocyclone head, and is irradiated with one or more wave energies produced by the wave energy source.