Abstract:
An ozone generator (100) including a pair of electrodes (110) and (120) separated by a dielectric element (130) including a plurality of passages (132) defining a corona discharge zone (135). In one embodiment of the invention, the passages (132) defining a corona discharge zone (135). In one embodiment of the invention, the passages (132) may be convoluted in the sense that the lengths of the passages defining the corona discharge zone (135) are greater than the length of the first electrode (110) and the second elecrode (120) and the dielectric element electrodes (130). In one embodiment, the first electrode (110) and the second electrode (120) are concentric and held in spaced apart relationship by a concentric tubular dielectric element (130). A corona discharge zone (135) is defined between an inner surface of the second electrode (120) and the outer surface of the concentric tubular dielectric element (130) by a plurality of passages (132) formed on the outer surface of the tubular dielectric element (130).
Abstract:
A method and apparatus (100) for treating mixtures with ultrasonic energy. The mixture may include a selected constituent and the method can include directing a flow of the mixture into a treatment apparatus (100) and altering a phase and/or a chemical composition of the selected constituent by exposing the mixture to ultrasonic energy while the mixture flows through the apparatus (100). The mixture may be pressurized while being exposed to ultrasonic energy. The mixture can subsequently be exposed to a vacuum source (132) to remove gas from the mixture. The ultrasonic energy can have a first frequency and the mixture can be exposed to ultrasonic energy of a second frequency different than the first frequency while in the apparatus (100).