Treatment sytems for fluids with nanomaterial

Abstract

Systems and methods for removing nanomaterial from a fluid and/or from a body; and for treating a fluid by passing fluid through a treatment structure, the fluid containing undesirable living things, the treatment structure containing electrically conductive nanomaterial with silver, flowing an electric current in the fluid in the treatment structure via the electrically conductive nanomaterial with silver or silver material to kill undesirable living things in the treatment structure, and killing undesirable things in the treatment structure.

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         91 . A method for removing nanomaterial from bodily material, the method comprising:
 applying a tag to nanomaterial producing tagged nanomaterial;   combining the tagged nanomaterial and bodily material; and   removing the tagged nanomaterial from the bodily material by using the tag.   
     
     
         92 . The method of  claim 91  wherein the bodily material is a body fluid. 
     
     
         93 . The method of  claim 91  wherein the tag comprises a ferromagnetic material and the removing comprises applying a magnetic field. 
     
     
         94 . The method of  claim 91  wherein the tag comprises an ionic material and the removing comprises applying an electric field. 
     
     
         95 . The method of  claim 91  including severing a portion of the tag, leaving an ionic material on the tagged nanomaterial, wherein the removing comprises applying an electric field. 
     
     
         96 . The method of  claim 91  wherein a portion of the tag dissociates into a solvent, leaving an ionic material on the tagged nanomaterial, and the removing comprises applying an electric field. 
     
     
         97 . The method of  claim 91  wherein the removing comprises electroplating. 
     
     
         98 . The method of  claim 91  wherein the nanomaterial comprises carbon nanotubes, the tag comprises an atom having an atomic mass greater than the atomic mass of carbon, and the removing comprises applying a centrifugal force to the bodily material. 
     
     
         99 . The method of  claim 91  wherein the nanomaterial is one of nanotubes, nanorods, nanowires, nanoparticles, nanostructures, nanofibers, nanofabric, nanocylinders, nanographene, nanographene ribbons, transformed nanomaterials, functionalized nanomaterial, metallized nanomaterial, carbon nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes, single walled nanotubes, multi-walled nanotubes, functionalized nanotubes and metallized nanotubes. 
     
     
         100 . The method of  claim 91  wherein the removed nanomaterial contains magnetically attractive material, the method further comprising removing the nanomaterial containing magnetically attractive material with one of at least one magnet, a plurality of magnets, at least one magnet apparatus, and a plurality of magnet apparatuses, wherein the magnet apparatus is, optionally, one of an electromagnet apparatus, at least one electromagnet apparatus, and a plurality of electromagnet apparatuses. 
     
     
         101 . A method for treating a fluid, the method comprising
 the fluid containing nanomaterial, the nanomaterial having magnetically attractive material,   attracting the nanomaterial with magnet apparatus, thereby removing the nanomaterial from the fluid.   
     
     
         102 . The method of  claim 101  wherein the nanomaterial is one of electrically conductive nanomaterial or non-electrically conductive nanomaterial. 
     
     
         103 . The method of  claim 101  wherein the magnet apparatus is at least one electromagnet apparatus. 
     
     
         104 . The method of  claim 101  wherein the magnet apparatus is not in contact with the fluid. 
     
     
         105 . The method of  claim 101  further comprising pumping the fluid through the magnet apparatus. 
     
     
         106 . The method of  claim 101  wherein the fluid is blood of a living animal and the blood is pumped from the living animal to the magnet apparatus and is then pumped back to the living animal. 
     
     
         107 . The method of  claim 106  wherein the animal is a human being. 
     
     
         108 . The method of  claim 101  wherein the fluid is blood. 
     
     
         109 . The method of  claim 101  wherein the fluid is an industrial fluid. 
     
     
         110 . The method of  claim 101  wherein the fluid is one of drilling fluid, completion fluid, lost circulation fluid, injection fluid, cement, brine and fracturing fluid.