Abstract:
A molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus and method includes an apparatus including a material passageway configured for having material flow therethrough. At least one pair of magnets are provided oriented such that material in the material passageway passes through a magnetic field effect produced by the at least one pair of magnets, where the at least one pair of magnets is oriented such that a north pole of a first magnet of the at least one pair of magnets is adjacent a south pole of a second magnet of the at least one pair of magnets and a south pole of the first magnet is adjacent a north pole of the second magnet, where the poles of the first magnet provide a first resultant magnetic field and the poles of the second magnet provide a second resultant magnetic field, where the first and second resultant magnetic fields jointly define the magnetic field effect and where the first and second magnets are each movable such that relative alignment of the first magnet with respect to the second magnet is dictated by interaction of the first and second resultant magnetic fields.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
   This application is a Divisional Patent Application of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/443,726 filed May 31, 2006 entitled “Molecular Arrangement Magnetic Treatment Apparatus and Method”. The Applicant hereby claims the benefit of this non-provisional application under 35 U.S.C. §120, which is hereby incorporated in its entirety herein by this reference. 

   FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
   This invention relates to a molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus and method. In particular in accordance with one embodiment, the invention relates to an apparatus including a material passageway configured for having material flow therethrough. At least one pair of magnets are provided oriented such that material in the material passageway passes through a magnetic field effect produced by the at least one pair of magnets, where the at least one pair of magnets is oriented such that a north pole of a first magnet of the at least one pair of magnets is adjacent a south pole of a second magnet of the at least one pair of magnets and a south pole of the first magnet is adjacent a north pole of the second magnet, where the poles of the first magnet provide a first resultant magnetic field and the poles of the second magnet provide a second resultant magnetic field, where the first and second resultant magnetic fields jointly define the magnetic field effect and where the first and second magnets are each movable such that relative alignment of the first magnet with respect to the second magnet is dictated by interaction of the first and second resultant magnetic fields. 
   In another embodiment, a molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus includes a material container with an inlet and an outlet where the material to be treated is introduced at the inlet and is released at the outlet and where the material container is sized so as to provide an enclosed space into which the material expands and loses velocity. A material passageway is connected at one end to the inlet and at another end to the outlet such that the material must pass through the material passageway. And at least one pair of magnets is provided that are oriented such that material in the passageway must pass between a north pole and a south pole of the pair of magnets. 
   BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   The disposal of waste is a vexing problem involving the tension between disposing of one type of waste and creating an even more toxic waste in its place. By way of example only and not by limitation, the prior art techniques for disposing of household and industrial wastes include a wide variety of prior art “solutions” ranging from simply burying the waste to attempts to change the waste from one form to another as by incineration. Burying the waste may get it out of sight and out of mind for a time but it does not actually dispose of the waste and results most often in long term health hazards caused by the leaching of waste residue and by products into underground water systems, for one example only. 
   Incineration of waste material has long been a preferred waste material treatment since it greatly reduces the mass of waste material to be handled thereafter. Unfortunately, the end product of the prior art incineration systems is often the most toxic materials known to man, including, for example only, dioxin. This is a particularly vexing problem for incineration systems where the waste is diverse in makeup and ranges from apple cores to mattresses to baby diapers. 
   Thus, there is a need in the art for an apparatus and method for treating waste materials such that the disposal of waste reduces the waste itself as well as prevents the creation of even more toxic waste as an end product. It, therefore, is an object of this invention to provide an apparatus and method for employing a non reactive molecular arrangement in treating material that is easy to use and inexpensive in comparison to the benefit derived from its use and that effectively reduces the treated material from a potentially toxic nightmare to a harmless and easily controlled residue. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   Accordingly, the molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus and method of the present invention includes a material container with an inlet and an outlet where material to be treated is introduced at the inlet and is released at the outlet and where the material container is sized so as to provide an enclosed space into which the material expands and loses velocity. A material passageway is connected at one end to the inlet and at another end to the outlet such that the material must pass through the material passageway. And at least one pair of magnets oriented such that material in the passageway must pass between a north pole and a south pole of the at least one pair of magnets. 
   According to another aspect of the invention, the at least one pair of magnets is self aligning such that the north pole and the south pole are free to move so that the north pole and the south pole are always facing each other. In another aspect, the at least one pair of magnets are rod shaped. According to one aspect, the material container includes a moveable lid. In another aspect, the moveable lid includes a safety release cover and, in another, a dual action lift connected on one end to the material container and on another end to the moveable lid. 
   According to another aspect of the invention, the material container includes a moveable access door. In another aspect, a precipitator is connected to the material container. In another aspect, the material to be treated is selected from a group comprising: gas and liquid. 
   According to another embodiment of the invention, a molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus includes a material container with a moveable lid and with an inlet and an outlet where material to be treated is introduced at the inlet and is released at the outlet and where the material container is sized so as to provide an enclosed space into which the material expands and loses velocity. A material passageway is connected at one end to the inlet and at another end to the outlet such that the material must pass through the material passageway. And, a number of pairs of magnets are provided and oriented such that material in the passageway must pass between a north pole and a south pole of the pairs of magnets such that the material is given a negative electrical charge and where at least one pair of the number of pairs of magnets is self aligning such that the north pole and the south pole are free to move so that the north pole and the south pole are always facing each other. 
   According to another aspect of this invention, all of the pairs of magnets are self aligning. In another aspect, the moveable lid includes a safety release cover. In another aspect, a dual action hydraulic arm is connected on one end to the material container and on another end to the moveable lid. In another aspect, the material container includes a moveable access door. According to a further aspect, a precipitator is connected to the material container. In another aspect, the material is selected from a group comprising: gas, steam and liquid. 
   In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, a molecular arrangement magnetic treatment method for treating material includes the steps of providing a material container with a moveable lid and with an inlet and an outlet where material to be treated is introduced at the inlet and is released at the outlet and where the material container is sized so as to provide an enclosed space into which the material expands and loses velocity; connecting a material passageway at one end to the inlet and at another end to the outlet such that the material must pass through the material passageway; orienting a number of pairs of magnets such that material in the passageway must pass between a north pole and a south pole of the pairs of magnets such that the material is given a negative electrical charge and where at least one pair of the pairs of magnets is self aligning such that the north pole and the south pole are free to move so that the north pole and the south pole are always facing each other; and introducing material to be treated into the inlet. 
   According to another aspect of this invention, the method includes the steps of connecting a precipitator to the material container and precipitating negatively charged material from the material after the material has been negatively charged. In another aspect, the method includes the step of providing a moveable access panel to the material container. In another aspect, the material to be treated is selected from a group comprising: gas, steam and liquid. 
   According to another embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes a material passageway configured for having material flow therethrough and at least one pair of magnets oriented such that material in the material passageway passes through a magnetic field effect produced by the at least one pair of magnets, where the at least one pair of magnets is oriented such that a north pole of a first magnet of the at least one pair of magnets is adjacent a south pole of a second magnet of the at least one pair of magnets and a south pole of the first magnet is adjacent a north pole of the second magnet, where the poles of the first magnet provide a first resultant magnetic field and the poles of the second magnet provide a second resultant magnetic field, where the first and second resultant magnetic fields jointly define the magnetic field effect and where the first and second magnets are each movable such that relative alignment of the first magnet with respect to the second magnet is dictated by interaction of the first and second resultant magnetic fields. 
   In another aspect of this invention, the at least one pair of magnets is oriented such that the material passes between a north pole and a south pole of each magnet of the at least one pair of magnets. In one aspect, the at least one pair of magnets is oriented such that material in the material passageway passes between the at least one pair of magnets. In a further aspect, the passageway is configured for causing the material to decelerate therein prior to passing between the at least one pair of magnets. In a further aspect, the at least one pair of magnets is at least partially located within the material passageway. 
   In yet another aspect, the apparatus includes at least one magnet holder at least partially within the material passageway that includes a pair of magnet receiving spaces, where a first magnet receiving space of the at least one magnet holder has a first magnet of the at least one pair of magnets disposed therein in a manner allowing the first magnet to freely rotate within the first magnet receiving space and a second magnet receiving space of the at least one magnet holder has a second magnet of the at least one pair of magnets disposed therein in a manner allowing the second magnet to freely rotate within the second magnet receiving space. In one aspect, each one of the magnet receiving spaces is elongated and each one of the magnets is rod shaped. In another aspect, at least one the magnet holder includes a passageway extending between the magnet receiving spaces such that the material can flow through the at least one magnet holder between the at least one pair of magnets. In a further aspect, each one of the magnets is disposed within a respective magnet receiving space of a magnet holder in a manner allowing each one of the magnets to freely move within therein. 
   According to another embodiment, the apparatus includes a material container with an inlet and an outlet, where material to be treated is introduced at the inlet and is released at the outlet. A material passageway is connected between the inlet and outlet of the material container such that the material must pass through the material passageway. At least one pair of magnets is located within the material container in a manner such that material in the material passageway passes through a magnetic field effect produced by the at least one pair of magnets, where the at least one pair of magnets is oriented such that a north pole of a first magnet of the at least one pair of magnets is adjacent a south pole of a second magnet of the at least one pair of magnets and a south pole of the first magnet is adjacent a north pole of the second magnet, where the poles of the first magnet provide a first resultant magnetic field and the poles of the second magnet provide a second resultant magnetic field, where the first and second resultant magnetic fields jointly define the magnetic field effect and where the first and second magnets are each movable such that relative alignment of the first magnet with respect to the second magnet is dictated by interaction of the first and second resultant magnetic fields. 
   In a further aspect of this invention, the at least one pair of magnets is oriented such that material in the material passageway passes between the at least one pair of magnets. In another aspect, at least one of the container and the material passageway is configured for causing the material to decelerate therein prior to passing between the at least one pair of magnets. In one aspect, the at least one pair of magnets is at least partially located within the material passageway. 
   In a further aspect, the at least one magnet holder is at least partially within the material passageway and includes a pair of magnet receiving spaces, where a first magnet receiving space of the at least one magnet holder has a first magnet of the at least one pair of magnets disposed therein in a manner allowing the first magnet to freely rotate within the first magnet receiving space and a second magnet receiving space of the at least one magnet holder has a second magnet of the at least one pair of magnets disposed therein in a manner allowing the second magnet to freely rotate within the second magnet receiving space. In one aspect, each one of the magnet receiving spaces is elongated and each one of the magnets is rod shaped. In another aspect, the at least one the magnet holder includes a passageway extending between the magnet receiving spaces such that the material can flow through the at least one magnet holder between the at least one pair of magnets. In yet another aspect, one of the magnets is disposed within a respective magnet receiving space of a magnet holder in a manner allowing each one of the magnets to freely move within therein. 
   According to another embodiment of the invention, a method includes the steps of causing material to flow through a material passageway; positioning at least one pair of magnets to produce a magnetic field effect within the material passageway such that the material passes through the magnetic field effect as the material passes through the material passageway; and allowing the magnets of the at least one pair of magnets to move independent of each other thereby providing for relative alignment of the magnets with respect to each other; where a north pole of a first magnet of the at least one pair of magnets is adjacent a south pole of a second magnet of the at least one pair of magnets and a south pole of the first magnet is adjacent a north pole of the second magnet; where the poles of the first magnet provide a first resultant magnetic field; where the poles of the second magnet provide a second resultant magnetic field; where the first and second resultant magnetic fields jointly define the magnetic field effect; and where the relative alignment of the magnets is dictated by interaction of the first and second resultant magnetic fields. 
   According to another aspect of this invention, the at least one pair of magnets is oriented such that material in the material passageway passes between the at least one pair of magnets and causing material to flow through a material passageway includes causing the material to decelerate therein prior to passing between the at least one pair of magnets. In a further aspect, each magnet of the at least one pair of magnets includes a north pole and a south pole and allowing the material to flow through the material passageway includes allowing the material to flow between the north pole and the south pole of each magnet of the at least one pair of magnets. 
   In another aspect, the method includes at least one magnet holder at least partially within the material passageway with a pair of magnet receiving spaces, where a first magnet receiving space of the at least one magnet holder has a first magnet of the at least one pair of magnets disposed therein in a manner allowing the first magnet to freely rotate within the first magnet receiving space and a second magnet receiving space of the at least one magnet holder has a second magnet of the at least one pair of magnets disposed therein in a manner allowing the second magnet to freely rotate within the second magnet receiving space. In one aspect, each one of the magnet receiving spaces is elongated and each one of the magnets is rod shaped. In another aspect, the at least one the magnet holder includes a passageway extending between the magnet receiving spaces such that the material can flow through the at least one magnet holder between the at least one pair of magnets. In yet another aspect, each one of the magnets is disposed within a respective magnet receiving space of a magnet holder in a manner allowing each one of the magnets to freely move within therein. 

   
     DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment, the appended claims and the accompanying drawings in which: 
       FIG. 1  is a side partial cut away view of the magnetic treatment apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention; 
       FIG. 2  is a side view of the invention of  FIG. 1 ; 
       FIG. 3  is a side partial cut away view of another embodiment of the magnetic treatment apparatus; 
       FIGS. 4A and 4B  are enlarged views from the top and side of the self aligning magnets and passageway of the invention; and 
       FIGS. 5  A and  5 B are schematic diagrams of material passing the north and south poles of a pair of magnets. 
   

   DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
   The preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated by way of example in  FIGS. 1-5 . With specific reference to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus and method  10  according to one embodiment of the invention includes material container  12  with an inlet  14  and an outlet  16 . Inlet  14  and outlet  16  are attached to conduit  18  for directing material  20  into inlet  14  and away from outlet  16 . Importantly, relative to each other, container  12  is large as compared to the size of inlet  14 , outlet  16  and conduit  20  such that the interior  22  of material container  12  is a large enclosed space  22  into which material  20  is directed. The result is that material  20  introduced to material container  12  at inlet  14  loses velocity and slows down. 
   Arrows  22  in  FIG. 1  show the direction of the flow of material  20  in the interior  22  of material container  12 . From inlet  14 , material  20  is directed into material passageway  26 . Material passageway  26  is constructed so as to maximize its overall length within the interior  22  of material container  12 . As a result, material passageway  26  runs up and down the interior  22  of material container  12  as illustrated. Certainly any design now known or hereafter developed for effectively increasing the length of material passageway  26  is satisfactory for the purposes of the invention. 
   Importantly, material passageway  26  includes at least one pair of magnets  28  such that each pair of magnets  28  is positioned such that the north pole  30  of one magnet  28  faces the south pole  32  of each magnet pair  28 . The magnets  28  may be included in all or some of the material passageway  26  as shown in  FIG. 1 . According to one embodiment, many multiple pairs of magnets  28  are positioned side by side in material passageway  26  and effectively fill up the entire material passageway  26 . Whether or not multiple pairs of magnets  28  are used, in every case Applicant&#39;s molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus and method  10  requires that all material  20  introduced at inlet  14  must pass between the north pole  30  and the south pole  32  of at least one magnet pair  28  prior to reaching outlet  16 . 
   Material passageway  26  may be created from barrier walls  34  and pairs of magnets  28  may be connected within material passageway  26  to barrier walls  34 , by way of example only and not by limitation, as illustrated. 
     FIGS. 1 and 2  also illustrate other features of the invention including moveable lid  36  and safety release cover  38 . Moveable lid  36  is conformed to allow the release of material  20  from within material container  12  at another location besides outlet  16 . Moveable lid  36  is preferably very heavy and resists movement under normal operating conditions. In the event of a sudden increase of pressure within material container  12 , however, moveable lid  36  is provided to prevent damage or destruction of magnetic treatment apparatus  10 . Likewise, safety release cover  38  is an explosive release cover, as known in the art, for providing an escape route for material  20  from the interior  22  of material container  12  should an explosion occur. Applicant has determined that the likelihood of an over pressure event is small but that it is reasonable to provide for it rather than risk damage to the apparatus  10 . 
   An additional feature of the moveable lid  36  includes a dual action lift  40  as shown in  FIG. 2 . Dual action lift  40 , according to one embodiment, is a hydraulic arm  42  connected on one end to material container  12  and on the other end to moveable lid  36 . Hydraulic lines  44  are connected to controller  46  so that a user can intentionally raise and lower moveable lid  36  for maintenance, inspections or for any other purpose. Additionally, hydraulic arm  42  acts as a shock absorber should a rapid expansion event occur. The construction and operation of hydraulic arm  42  and hydraulic lines  44  are well within the ability of those of ordinary skill in the art and are not discussed more fully hereafter. 
   Moveable access door  48 , as shown in  FIG. 1 , is also connected to a hydraulic arm  42  and by hydraulic lines  44  to a controller  46 . Access door  48  enables a user to gain access to the interior  22  of material container  12  at a location other than at moveable lid  36 . 
     FIG. 2  also shows another feature of the invention in which fire fighting devices  52  are provided in the form of CO2 lines  52  and water lines  54 . Again, in an abundance of caution Applicant&#39;s magnetic treatment apparatus  10  includes fire fighting devices  52  to hedge the risk of damage and destruction should an explosive event occur. 
   As used herein the term “material” includes any gas, liquid or solid material. It is anticipated by the Applicant that a series of magnetic treatment apparatus  10  will be used at different locations in an incineration process so as to capture gas, such as steam or smoke for example only, and liquids, such as results from condensed steam, for example, and solids resulting from incineration wherever occurring in an incineration process. 
   Referring now to  FIG. 3  another embodiment of the invention is disclosed in which a material  20  in the form of steam, for example only, is introduced at inlet  14  to material container  12 . Material container  12  is partially filled with water  52  through which the steam must pass. A precipitator  54  is connected in the preferred form of a cathode  56  at the bottom  58  of material container  12 . Importantly, all material  20 , having passed between north poles  30  and south poles  32 , is negatively charged by Applicant&#39;s molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus  10 . As a result, the use of precipitator  54  in the form of a cathode  56  causes all negatively charged material  20  to be collected in the bottom  58 . Thereafter, periodically, the precipitated material  20  at the bottom  58  of the material container  12  may be removed through access door  48  as needed or desired. The advantageous result is that the water  52  is purified and may be safely used and reused as desired. Precipitated material  20  is likely to be a collection of heavy metals produced by metabolic waste processing units. Whatever precipitated material  20  is, once collected by precipitation it is capable of being recycled and reused. 
     FIG. 4A  is an enlarged top view and  FIG. 4B  is an enlarged side view of the pair of magnets  28  according to a preferred embodiment of the invention. Referring to  FIG. 4A , rod shaped magnet  62  is moveably located in magnet holder  64 . Magnet holder  64  includes a pair of spaces  65  conformed to moveably receive magnet  62  and rod shaped magnet  66 . In a pair of rod shaped magnets  62  and  66 , one is charged as a north pole  30  and the other is charged as the south pole  32 . In between rod shaped magnets  62  and  66 , magnet holder  64  includes magnet holder passageway  68 . When, as anticipated in most situations, more than one pair of magnets  28  is used, each magnet holder  64  is located next to another magnet holder  64  such that material passageway  26  is completely filed with magnet holders  64  such that material  20  is forced to pass down at least one magnet holder passageway  68  and between the north pole  30  and the south pole  32  of at least one magnet pair  28 . 
   Importantly, Applicant has determined that for optimum operation, the magnet pairs  28  of molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus  10  must be self aligning. As the magnetic field changes from geographic location to geographic location and because magnetic fields often fluctuate within an active environment, such as for example only and not by limitation an incineration process with extreme temperatures and pressures, it is important that the magnet pairs  28  always be aligned north to south. Rod shaped magnets  62  and  66  freely rotate within rod shaped spaces  65  in magnet holder  64 . In order to ensure the self aligning feature, a lubricant of any known type may be added such as graphite. Rod shaped magnets  62  and  66  may be sealed within magnet holder  64  with or without lubricant in order to prevent any material  20  or anything else from interfering with the smooth free movement of the magnets  62  and  66  within magnet holder  64 . 
   Referring now to  FIGS. 5A and 5B ,  FIG. 5A  shows the flow of material  20  by arrows  24  within material passageway  26 . Again, all the material  20  that enters inlet  14  must pass by at least one pair of magnets  28  and in particular between a north pole  30  and a south pole  32 . Material  20 , as shown in  FIG. 5B , may be either positively charged or negatively charged before passing by magnet pair  28 . But all material  20  that passes by magnet pair  28  and north pole  30  and south pole  32  will become negatively charged. Importantly, the operation of Applicant&#39;s invention ensures, by manipulating the electrical potential of the material  20 , that prior art dangerous emissions and chemical reactions simply can not occur. That is, introducing material  20  to the magnetic field aligns the material  20  to the same direction of the magnetic field alignments. That is, the molecules of all the material  20  are “arranged” by Applicant&#39;s invention. This creates a magnetic process moment in the material  20  that suspends reactivity or molecular bonding until such higher energies are applied to the material  20  thereby keeping it from collecting or reacting and forming dangerous crystalline structures, compounds, nuclear isotopes and other dangerous and toxic compounds. 
   Further, the north poles  30  and south poles  32  and resultant magnetic fields are automatically self aligned by the above described self alignment system during flow of material  20  through the invention during which small particles of material  20  and its mass pull on the magnetic fields thereby inducing electron movement to better alignment with the magnetic field pattern. Because magnetic rods  62  and  66  are not attached and can move freely inside the magnet holder  64  in spaces  65 , the rods  62  and  66  can make otherwise impossible adjustments utilizing the magnetic strengths of the applied fields and the attraction north to south arrangements. 
   Applicant has determined that the design formula for calculating the correct flow space, magnet holder passageway  68 , between pairs of magnets  28  is relevant to the gauss strength of the magnets  28  and the flow rate density of material  20  introduced to the molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus  10 . For example only and not by way of limitation, typical exhaust gas emissions containing particulate matter not exceeding 500 parts per million cubic feet will have a design free flow space, magnet holder passageway  68 , of twice the distance of the diameter of a magnetic rod  28  with 2000 gauss. 
   By way of further explanation, this invention is a chamber device that can be manufactured to fit the flow and volumetric displacements of any emissions point where combustion by products are vented, such as to exhaust stacks for example only. Some critical benefits of the invention are that the magnetic field effect produced by magnets  28  arrange molecular scale particles of material  20  in such a way that they become significantly less reactive thereby enabling Applicant&#39;s invention to significantly reduce many types of harmful emissions common in waste disposal systems such as, for example only, the crystalline structures of dangerous dioxins. 
   All exhaust materials  20  (steam vapor or exhaust gas for example) normally exiting the current tens of thousands of combustion units powering everything from small dry cleaning operations to very large industrial furnace operations are suitable for use of Applicant&#39;s invention as disclosed herein. When utilized, the invention will reduce or completely eliminate the risk of dangerous dioxin emissions thereby assisting great new developments in assessing environmental impacts of constructing waste disposal technology as well as enabling the resurrection of industrial waste to energy projects that have been challenged as being environmentally unsafe. In short, Applicant&#39;s invention represents a powerful pollution reduction device for use by state and other environmental regulators worldwide. The need for the technology embodied by Applicant&#39;s has been sought by the EPA and the Department of Energy for decades and will help facilitate acceptable environmental solutions worldwide. 
   The best and most simple way to understand how the invention works and its concepts of how it affects particles or emission materials  20  is to key on one of the latest buzz words of new science “nana technology”. Applicant&#39;s invention repositions tiny particles by reacting their electrons electrical state or its electrical position. In magnetism it is understandable that the fields of a same charge repel away from each other. Therefore, in this device the materials are directed through strong magnetic fields that induce a current upon particles  20  of a different electrical potential. The effect on the electron is like flipping over a tiny magnet so that its magnetic poles are aligned all in the same direction. By such molecular arrangement the apparatus  10  is able to prevent many chemical reactions that produce dangerous chemical compounds from ever occurring, as normally very reactive conditions are present during and directly after combustion. However, this invention introduces an environmental protective measure beyond filtration or scrubbing technologies. The Applicant realizes this is a multi-billion dollar solution to changing the waste industry and its various industrializations in converting waste to energy. 
   The description of the present embodiments of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration, but is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the form disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. For example, the apparatus may be used in series or separately. It can accommodate essentially any flowing material and is not limited to treating any particular type of material or waste. As such, while the present invention has been disclosed in connection with an embodiment thereof, it should be understood that other embodiments may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the following claims.