Patent ID: 8840710

Claim:
A treatment system for fluid by force of thermophoresis comprising: a treatment device including first and second modules located opposite one another and between which a fluid to be treated is circulated, the first module configured to be brought to a temperature greater than a temperature of the second module so as to engender a temperature gradient causing a force of thermophoresis capable of projecting particles to be purified, contained in the fluid to be treated, in a direction of the second module, wherein the first module includes a succession of parallel first tubes connected together and configured to be traversed by first heat-transfer fluid as a hot fluid, wherein the second module includes a succession of parallel second tubes connected together and configured to be traversed by a second heat-transfer fluid as a cold fluid, wherein the first tubes are arranged staggered with the second tubes, wherein the system further comprises: means for circulating the hot fluid through the first tubes of the first module; means for circulating the cold fluid through the second tubes of the second module; and means for circulating the fluid to be treated between the first and second modules, wherein the first and second tubes are parallel to a general direction to a flow of the fluid to be treated through the treatment system, and wherein a stacking direction of the first and second modules is orthogonal relative to the general direction of the flow of the fluid to be treated through the treatment system.