Method and apparatus for liquid purification

Abstract

An apparatus and method for purifying a liquid comprising a photolytic light chamber producing ultraviolet light in the 100 to 300 nanometer range, said light passing through a quartz tube or lens to irradiate the liquid passing through a chamber containing the liquid.

1 . A method for killing all life forms in a liquid comprising the steps of: 
 a. supplying said liquid under pressure to a first tube;    b. exposing said liquid in said first tube to a light source in the 100 to 300 nanometer range from a first end of said tube;    c. receiving said light in a light receiver at a second end of said first tube, wherein the said light is only generated when said liquid is flowing through said first tube; and    d. exiting the light treated liquid from said first tube.    
     
     
         2 . The method as defined by  claim 1 , wherein said steps comprises controls for exposing said liquid to said light in a specific wavelength that can be preset and/or that can be set by a user.  
     
     
         3 . The method as defined by  claim 1 , wherein said steps comprises controls for exposing said liquid to oscillating wavelength spectrums of said light within different nanometer ranges at a pre-selected and/or user set wavelength spectrum and/or oscillation speed.  
     
     
         4 . The method as defined in any one of claims  1  through  3 , wherein said steps comprise: 
 separating said light source from said liquid in said first tube in a manner that allows said light to pass through said separating medium without diminishing said light wavelength spectrum; and    separating said liquid from said light receiver in a manner that allows said light to pass through to said light receiver and does not diminish said light wavelength spectrum.    
     
     
         5 . The method as defined in any one of claims  1  through  3 , wherein said steps comprise: 
 providing an inner tube, made of a material that allows light in the 100 to 300 nanometer range to radiate through the walls of said inner tube without diminishing the wavelength light spectrum that is fixedly connected to both ends of the said first tube such that there is no leakage between said first tube and said inner tube, said inner tube being smaller in diameter than the inner walls of said first tube such that there is a space between said inner and said first tubes for said liquid to pass through; and    exposing said liquid to a said light in the 100 to 300 nanometer spectrums that passes through said inner tube to said receiver without having direct contact with said liquid passing through said space between said inner and said first tubes.    
     
     
         6 . The method as defined in any one of claims  1  through  3  wherein said method of generating light is a laser light generator.  
     
     
         7 . The method as defined in any one of claims  1  through  3 , wherein the inner side of the said outer tube is finished to refract said light back through said liquid.  
     
     
         8 . A method for killing all life forms in a liquid comprising the steps of: 
 a. supplying said liquid under pressure to a first tube;    b. exposing said liquid in said first tube to a light source in the 100 to 300 nanometer range through a lens attached between said first tube and said light source, wherein the said light is only generated when said liquid is flowing through said first tube; and    d. exiting the light treated liquid from said first tube.    
     
     
         9 . The method as defined by  claim 8 , wherein said steps comprises controls for exposing said liquid to said light in a specific wavelength that can be preset and/or that can be set by a user.  
     
     
         10 . The method as defined by  claim 8 , wherein said steps comprises controls for exposing said liquid to oscillating wavelength spectrums of said light within different nanometer ranges at a pre-selected and/or user set wavelength spectrum and/or oscillation speed.  
     
     
         11 . The method as defined in any one of claims  8  through  10 , wherein said steps comprise separating said light source from said liquid in said first tube in a manner that allows said light to pass through said separating medium without diminishing said light wavelength spectrum.  
     
     
         12 . The method as defined in any one of claims  8  through  10 , wherein said steps comprise: 
 providing an inner tube, made of a material that allows light in the 100 to 300 nanometer range to radiate through the walls of said inner tube without diminishing the wavelength light spectrum that is fixedly connected to both ends of the said first tube such that there is no leakage between said first tube and said inner tube, said inner tube being smaller in diameter than the inner walls of said first tube such that there is a space between said inner and said first tubes for said liquid to pass through; and    exposing said liquid to a said light in the 100 to 300 nanometer spectrums that passes through said inner tube to said receiver without having direct contact with said liquid passing through said space between said inner and said first tubes.    
     
     
         13 . The method as defined in any one of claims  8  through  10  wherein said method of generating light is a laser light generator.  
     
     
         14 . The method as defined in any one of claims  8  through  10 , wherein the inner side of the said outer tube is finished to refract said light back through said liquid.