Patent ID: 8329044

Claim:
A method of treating a fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella using wave energy, comprising the steps of: providing a cyclone separator having a first end, a second end, a central axis from the first end to the second end, an inlet, an overflow disposed in the first end, an underflow disposed in the second end, wherein the inlet is disposed proximate to the first end; creating a generally longitudinally extending source of wave energy comprising an open electrical arc between a first electrode extending through the overflow and a second electrode extending through the underflow wherein both electrodes are at least partially disposed within the cyclone separator, spaced apart from one another, and axially aligned with one another along the central axis of the cyclone separator; creating a flow of the fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella in a thin film along a vortex path in close proximity to and surrounding the source of wave energy; and directly exposing the fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella to the wave energy as the fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella flows along the path such that only a gas separates the fluid contaminated with Anthrax or Legionella from the open electrical arc.