Gas diffuser, aerator, or sparger method

Claim 1

In a method for treating liquid with an aqueous component wherein diffuser means are utilized for discharging a gas into the body of liquid for the treatment thereof, and the method includes the steps of providing a first gas chamber submerged in said body of liquid, providing a source of gas and inlet means therefor in communication with the interior of said gas chamber, providing outlet means for gas from said chamber comprising at least one perforation located in an end wall of said chamber opposite said inlet means; the improvement comprising providing a second magnetic chamber defined by spaced apart opposed sidewalls made of material magnetizable or conductive to lines of magnetic flux, providing means for inducing magnetic poles in the opposed sidewalls of the magnetic chamber, said means constructed and arranged to provide magnetic flux lines across said magnetic chamber, the opposed sidewalls of said chamber being constructed and arranged to both permit liquid from the liquid body and gas discharged from the gas chamber to enter a portion of said magnetic chamber, pass between its sidewalls intersecting the magnetic flux lines between its sidewalls and be discharged from another portion of said magnetic chamber, whereby both the gas and the aqueous component of the liquid into which discharged are simultaneously caused to intersect said magnetic flux lines in treating the gas, treating contaminants suspended in the liquid, and aiding the dissolution of the gas in the aqueous component of the liquid.