Patent ID: 8460532

Claim:
A deionization apparatus using a feed fluid and a concentrate fluid wherein the feed fluid and the concentrate fluid have ions, comprising: a feed fluid input, a concentrate fluid input, a feed flow channel directing the feed fluid from said feed fluid input; a concentrate flow channel positioned parallel to said feed flow channel for directing the concentrate fluid from said concentrate fluid input; a plurality of disposed flow channels positioned between said feed flow channel and said concentrate flow channel, said plurality of disposed flow channels configured to fluidly communicate an oscillating fluid flow of the feed fluid and the concentrate fluid between said feed flow channel and said concentrate flow channel; one or more pairs of conductive plates positioned about said plurality of disposed flow channels between said feed flow channel and said concentrate flow channel, a feed fluid valve connected to said feed fluid input and said feed flow channel, a concentrate fluid valve connected to said concentrate fluid input, an electric circuit system, and a computer system connected to said feed fluid valve, said concentrate fluid valve, said one or more pairs of conductive plates, and said electric circuit system, wherein said computer system controls said electric circuit and produces an applied periodic electric field to said one or more pairs of conductive plates and wherein said computer system controls said feed fluid valve and said concentrate fluid valve in synchronization with said oscillating flow and facilitates a directed movement of predetermined ions through said disposed flow channels from said feed flow channel to said concentrate flow channel.