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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2021
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Fraunhofer Usa, Plymouth, MI (US);
Thomas Schuelke, Pinckney, MI (US);
Mary K. Ensch, Belleville, MI (US);
Michael Becker, East Lansing, MI (US);
Cory A. Rusinek, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Fraunhofer USA, Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
An electrode apparatus for removing contaminants from a fluid is provided. In another aspect, an electrochemical destruction apparatus for wastewater effluent using Boron-doped diamond electrodes is employed. A further aspect of the present apparatus includes a fluid-carrying conduit, electrodes located within the conduit, an electrical controller connected to the electrodes, a sensor connected to the controller being adapted to sense a chemical characteristic associated with contaminants in the fluid, and the controller automatically varying an electrical characteristic associated with at least one of the electrodes based, at least in part, on an input from the sensor. Yet another aspect includes a programmable controller and software which automatically employ a feedback control loop to increase or decrease electrical current density to contaminant-removing electrodes.