Electrochemical inactivation of pathogens
Abstract
Abstract PATHOGENS EXISTING IN AN AQUEOUS MEDIUM ARE INACTIVATED BY APPLYING A POTENTIAL ACROSS AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF ELECTRODES SUITABLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID MEDIUM, BY MEANS OF AN ALTERNATING VOLTAGE, SUCH THAT EACH OF SAID ELECTRODES IS REPEATEDLY PASSED THROUGH AN ANODIC PHASE AND A CATHODIC PHASE, WHEREIN DURING THE ANODIC PHRASE THE PEAK VOLTAGE IS LESS THAN THAT AT WHICH VIRGOROUS ELECTROLYTIC OXYGEN IS GENERATED, AND DURING THE CATHODIC PHRASE, THE PEAK VOLTAGE IS GREATER THAN THAT AT WHICH ELECTROLYTIC HYDROGEN IS GENERATED, SUCH THAT DURING SAID ANODIC PHRASE, PATHOGENS CONTAINED WITHIN SAID AQUEOUS MEDIUM ARE INACTIVATED AT AT LEAST ONE OF SAID ELECTRODES, AND DURING SAID CATHODIC PHRASE, SAID INACTIVATED PATHOGENS ARE DEFOULED FROM SAID ELECTRODE.
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- 👤 G Stoner
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