Patent ID: 8343342

Claim:
An apparatus for treating a liquid comprising: a pump volute or hydrocyclone head having an inlet and an outlet; a throat having a first opening, a second opening and a central axis, wherein the first opening is connected to the outlet of the pump volute or hydrocyclone head; a tank connected to the second opening of the throat, wherein the tank has a maximum inner diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the second opening of said throat; a wave energy source comprising a first electrode within the pump volute or hydrocyclone head into the first opening of the throat along the central axis of the throat, and a second electrode within the tank that is spaced apart and axially aligned with first electrode along the central axis; and wherein 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.