公开(公告)号：WO2015085278A1

公开(公告)日：2015-06-11

申请号：PCT/US2014/068958

申请日：2014-12-06

Applicant: SAVE THE WORLD AIR, INC.

Inventor： MEINHART, Carl, D. ,  SIMUNDSON, Bjorn, D.H.

IPC: H05B3/00

CPC classification number: H05B3/0009 ,  H05B3/023 ,  H05B2214/03

Abstract: A Joule heating apparatus with a housing having an internal cavity. The housing has an inlet portal for introducing fluid into the internal cavity and an outlet portal for discharging the fluid form the internal cavity. The internal cavity includes an internal heating section with at least one electrode assembly. The electrode assembly has a supply electrode, a ground electrode, and a space between the supply and ground electrodes. The space of the electrode assembly is in fluid communication with the housing's inlet and outlet portals. The electrode assembly is adapted to form an electric field to heat via Joule heating the fluid flowing through the annulus. A method for Joule heating of a fluid is provided that uses the aforesaid apparatus to heat the fluid by applying an electric field thereto.

Abstract translation: 一种具有内腔的壳体的焦耳加热装置。 壳体具有用于将流体引入内部空腔的入口入口和用于将流体从内部空腔排出的出口入口。 内腔包括具有至少一个电极组件的内部加热部分。 电极组件具有供电电极，接地电极和供电接地电极之间的空间。 电极组件的空间与壳体的入口和出口流体连通。 电极组件适于形成电场，以通过焦耳热加热流过环形空间的流体。 提供了一种流体的焦耳加热方法，其使用上述装置通过向其施加电场来加热流体。

公开(公告)号：WO2014179217A1

公开(公告)日：2014-11-06

申请号：PCT/US2014/035682

申请日：2014-04-28

Applicant: SAVE THE WORLD AIR, INC.

Inventor： SIMUNDSON, Bjorn, D.H. ,  MEINHART, Carl, D.

IPC: C10G21/30 ,  F17D1/16 ,  H05B3/60

CPC classification number: F16L53/34

Abstract: An apparatus for reducing viscosity of a hydrocarbon liquid containing paraffin molecules or asphaltene molecules in suspension. The apparatus includes a conduit having an inner cavity dimensioned to accommodate a flow of the hydrocarbon liquid along a flow direction, and a series of electrically charged plates housed within the inner cavity with a longitudinal axis of each plate extending along the flow direction. A method of reducing viscosity of a hydrocarbon liquid containing paraffin molecules or asphaltene molecules in suspension, the method including flowing the hydrocarbon liquid through the inner cavity of a conduit and applying an electric field to the hydrocarbon liquid flowing through the inner cavity such that a plurality of paraffin molecules or a plurality of asphaltene molecules undergo a conformational change in microstructure to form a cluster of paraffin molecules or a cluster of asphaltene molecules, thereby reducing the viscosity of the hydrocarbon liquid.

Abstract translation: 一种用于在悬浮液中降低含有石蜡分子或沥青质分子的烃液体的粘度的装置。 该装置包括具有内腔的管道，该内腔的尺寸适于容纳烃流体沿流动方向的流动，以及容纳在内腔内的一系列带电板，每个板的纵向轴线沿着流动方向延伸。 一种在悬浮液中降低含有石蜡分子或沥青质分子的烃液体的粘度的方法，所述方法包括使烃液体流过导管的内腔并向流过内腔的烃液体施加电场，使得多个 的石蜡分子或多个沥青质分子经历微结构的构象变化以形成一系列石蜡分子或一组沥青质分子，从而降低烃液体的粘度。