PURIFICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTAMINATED LIQUIDS AND MINERAL SLURRIES

摘要

The present disclosure describes methods and systems comprising hydrodynamic cavitation, microwave irradiation, and at least one of oxidative sonoelectrolysis and reductive sonoelectrolysis, providing feedstock purification of at least one of water, fluid and mineral. Contaminants, broken down and chemically degraded into smaller and more volatile substances by hydrodynamic cavitation are ultimately destroyed in the course of one or more sonoelectrolysis steps. In various embodiments, at least one of oxidative sonoelectrolysis and reductive sonoelectrolysis is irradiated with microwaves in order to heat the sonoplasma present within acoustic cavitation bubbles to temperatures sufficient to destroy contaminants therein.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
hydrodynamic cavitation; microwave irradiation; and at least one of oxidative sonoelectrolysis and reductive sonoelectrolysis.