An efficient, cost-effective, and efficacious technique for removing coal ash and other pollutants from waterways, ponds, marshes, holding tanks and other water sources and supplies. An apparatus comprising an open cage including electromagnets and/or permanent magnets and/or electrodes is supplied with electrical power to extract materials such as rare earth elements and/or heavy metals. The materials levitate to the surface, forming a slurry while leaving water substantially free of such materials.

A method of extracting water from sludge, wherein the sludge includes a magnetic ballast, wherein the sludge is positioned on an interface. It includes applying a magnetic treatment to the magnetically-ballasted sludge to extract water from the sludge.

A system and method are disclosed for automatically operating a high voltage resonance circuit. An embodiment of the system includes one or more coils each coil can be an alternating current (AC) coil or a direct current (DC) coil. Ari embodiment of the system further includes a microprocessor that issues commands to control amplitude and frequency of pulses of the one or more coils to reach and maintain a resonant condition for water treatment. The microprocessor determines whether a coil is an AC coil or a DC coil by detecting whether a capacitor is connected in series with the coil. An embodiment of the system further includes one or more sensors that measure the quality of water and provide feedback to the microprocessor.

The present invention provides a method for treating water containing pollutants, comprising the steps of 1) bringing said water in contact with magnetoelectric particles so that the pollutants in the water come into contact with the surfaces of magnetoelectric particles; 2) applying a magnetic field to the magnetoelectric particles so as to generate electric charges on the surface of said magnetoelectric particles, wherein said electric charges on the surface of said magnetoelectric particles cause redox reactions to occur which oxidize said pollutants in the water. Also provided arm water cleaning reactors which can be used to perform the method of the present invention and water cleaning assemblies which use any of said water cleaning reactors.

The invention relates to an apparatus for electromagnetic treatment of a fluid comprising an electromagnetic radiation generator means for generating an electromagnetic signal with a customized spreading and distribution in space, a one-dimensional array (10, 20) of coil means (11, . . . , 15) and same number of magnet means (21, . . . , 25) in alignment therewith, arranged peripherally on supporting means consisting of a pair of rotatable discs (1, 1′; 2, 2′) according to a circular pattern concentric about an axis (1), wherein said coil & magnet means (11, . . . , 25) are centered on the vertices of a regular pentagon or having a fivefold of vertices wherein said generated electromagnetic radiation signal (Sμ) associated to the pentagonal circuitry (11.25; 16) is related to the golden ratio (φ) defining the geometric proportion of the regular pentagon, wherein (I). It also relates to an electromagnetic treatment method.

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}\phi =\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2}\sim 1,618.& \left(I\right)\end{array}$

An efficient, cost-effective, and efficacious technique for removing coal ash and other pollutants from waterways, ponds, marshes, holding tanks and other water sources and supplies. An apparatus comprising an open cage including electromagnets and/or permanent magnets and/or electrodes is supplied with electrical power to extract materials such as rare earth elements and/or heavy metals. The materials levitate to the surface, forming a slurry while leaving water substantially free of such materials. Rare earth magnets electrically connect electrolysis electrode structures and serve as electrolysis electrode segments.

A system and a method for prevention of adhesion of marine organisms to a substrate contacted with seawater are provided. The system comprises a generator (120, 220) for producing an electrical signal (150) operating in desirable frequencies in which the marine organisms can be chased or killed, said generator (120, 220) having at least two output connectors (122, 124, 222, 224), means for oscillating and propagating the electrical signal (150) along a surface of the substrate, said means being adapted to make electrical connection with the at least two output connectors (122, 124, 222, 224) of the generator (120, 220) and being submerged in seawater, and an electric power source (110, 210) connected to the generator (122, 124, 222, 224) for applying a selected voltage to the generator (122, 124, 222, 224) to produce the electrical signal (150).

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for treating irrigation water by introducing a propagating electromagnetic field into the irrigation water as it flows through an irrigation system. The treatments described herein may have a variety of beneficial effects on the water, including a significant increase in the percentage of the water that is maintained in the root zone of a given crop as plant-available water and the essential mineral, e.g. calcium and/or magnesium, uptake of that crop.

A generator (100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109) is used for producing a treated oxygen containing gas for treating a body of matter (11). The generator (100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109) extends along a generator axis and has an axially extending hollow sleeve (12) defining an internal space (14). At least one lid (16) is located at one of the axial ends of the sleeve (12) and a UV light source (18) and at least one magnet (20) are located along the axis.

Embodiments described herein relate to apparatus and methods for treating bodies of fluid. In an embodiment an apparatus includes a first rod spacer comprising a first rod aperture. Such an apparatus may also include a second rod spacer comprising a second rod aperture, the first rod aperture and the second rod aperture being circumferentially aligned about a centerline axis. Further, the apparatus may include a conductive rod extending between the first rod spacer and the second rod spacer, a first portion of the conductive rod being engaged with the first rod aperture and a second portion of the conductive rod being engaged with the second rod aperture, the conductive rod being configured to generate a magnetic field in response to an electrical current applied to the conductive rod, wherein the conductive rod is submersible in a body of chlorinated fluid for treatment of the body of fluid with the magnetic field.