IP Library Granted Patent US 12,649,124
Granted Patent B2
US 12,649,124 · App. 17/752,384 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Disk array for use in a system and a method for separating fluids

Inventor: Whitaker B. Irvin, Sr. (Kamas, UT)
Assignee: QWTIP, LLC
F03G7/119B01D35/06B01D45/12B01D45/14B01D47/16B01D53/24B01F27/1152B01F27/93B03C3/00B04B1/04B04B5/08B04B5/12F04D5/00F04D5/001B01D2259/814B03C3/017B03C2201/00B03C2201/16B03C2201/22B04B2005/125B04B9/06F04D17/161
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Patent No.
US 12,649,124
App. No.
17/752,384
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method in at least one embodiment for separating fluids including liquids and gases into subcomponents by passing the fluid through a vortex chamber into an expansion chamber and then through at least a portion of a waveform pattern present between at least two rotors and/or disks. In further embodiments, a system and method is offered for harnessing fields created by a system having rotating rotors and/or disks having waveform patterns on at least one side to produce current within a plurality of coils. In at least one embodiment, the waveform patterns include a plurality of hyperbolic waveforms axially aligned around a horizontal center of the system.

Claims (43)

1 . A disk array for use in a system manipulating at least one fluid, the disk array comprising:

at least one pair of mated disks, said at least one pair of mated disks are substantially parallel to each other, each disk having:

a first surface,

a second surface is opposite said first surface on said disk,

a waveform pattern on at least said first surface of the disk, the first surfaces of said at least one pair of mated disks face each other such that the neighboring waveform patterns substantially form between said neighboring disks in said at least one pair of mated disks a passageway, wherein the waveform pattern on one disk of the at least one pair of mated disks includes at least one ridge having a back channel formed into an outer side of the at least one ridge that together with a complementary groove on the neighboring mated disk forms an area having a vertical oval cross-section,

at least one mated disk in each at least one pair of mated disks includes an opening passing from the second surface to the first surface, the opening is in a center of said first and second surfaces, and

a fluid pathway exists for directing fluid from the opening through the passageway towards a periphery of the at least one pair of mated disks.

2 . The disk array according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of disks have an opening passing therethrough with at least two disks having openings with different diameters.

3 . The disk array according to claim 1 , wherein there are at least two pairs of mated disks with one disk of each pair facing another pair of mated disks having its second surface being flat with the first surfaces having the waveform pattern facing the first surface of the other disk in that pair of mated disks.

4 . The disk array according to claim 1 , wherein each waveform pattern includes a plurality of rising waveforms as ridges and a plurality of descending waveforms as depressions, said plurality of rising waveforms and descending waveforms traveling substantially around and substantially axially centered about the opening of the disk array.

5 . The disk array according to claim 1 , wherein the passageway formed between two mated disks provides a plurality of low pressure zones and high pressure zones during operation with the low and high pressure zones alternating along a radius of the two mated disks.

6 . The disk array according to claim 1 , wherein each waveform pattern includes at least one biaxial waveform centered about the opening of the disk array and at least one multiple axial sinusoidal waveform.

7 . The disk array according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one additional disk between said at least one pair of mated disks, each additional disk includes:

a pair of opposed surfaces,

a waveform pattern on said pair of opposed surfaces such that each surface faces towards the first surface of said at least one pair mated disks of at least one mated pair, and

an opening passing through a center of the first and second surfaces.

8 . The disk array according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a top rotor attached to one mated disk,

a bottom rotor attached to second mated disk from a second pair of mated disks.

9 . The disk array according to claim 1 , wherein each waveform pattern is centered about the center of said first surface of said disk.

10 . The disk array according to claim 1 , wherein each waveform pattern includes waveforms selected from a group consisting of circular, sinusoidal, multiple axial sinusoidal, biaxial, biaxial sinucircular, a series of interconnected scallop shapes, a series of interconnected arcuate forms, hyperbolic, and/or multi-axial.

11 . The disk array according to claim 1 , wherein said waveform patterns on said opposed first surfaces of said at least one pair of mated disks mirror each other.

12 . A disk array for use in a system manipulating at least one fluid, the disk array comprising:

at least one pair of mated disks, said at least one pair of mated disks are substantially parallel to each other, each disk having:

a first surface,

a second surface is opposite said first surface on said disk,

a waveform pattern on at least said first surface of the disk, the first surfaces of said at least one pair of mated disks face each other such that the neighboring waveform patterns substantially form between said neighboring disks in said at least one pair of mated disks a passageway,

at least one mated disk in each at least one pair of mated disks includes an opening passing from the second surface to the first surface, the opening is in a center of said first and second surfaces, and

a fluid pathway exists for directing fluid from the opening through the passageway towards a periphery of the at least one pair of mated disks; and

wherein said waveform patterns on said opposed first surfaces of said at least one pair of mated disks mirror each other.

13 . The disk array according to claim 12 , wherein there are at least two pairs of mated disks with one disk of each pair facing another pair of mated disks having its second surface being flat with the first surfaces having the waveform pattern facing the first surface of the other disk in that pair of mated disks.

14 . The disk array according to claim 12 , wherein each waveform pattern includes a plurality of rising waveforms as ridges and a plurality of descending waveforms as depressions, said plurality of rising waveforms and descending waveforms traveling substantially around and substantially axially centered about the opening of the disk array.

15 . The disk array according to claim 12 , wherein the passageway formed between two mated disks provides a plurality of low pressure zones and high pressure zones during operation with the low and high pressure zones alternating along a radius of the two mated disks.

16 . The disk array according to claim 12 , wherein each waveform pattern includes at least one biaxial waveform centered about the opening of the disk array and at least one multiple axial sinusoidal waveform.

17 . The disk array according to claim 12 , further comprising at least one additional disk between said at least one pair of mated disks, each additional disk includes:

a pair of opposed surfaces,

a waveform pattern on said pair of opposed surfaces such that each surface faces towards the first surface of said at least one pair mated disks of at least one mated pair, and

an opening passing through a center of the first and second surfaces.

18 . The disk array according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a top rotor attached to one mated disk,

a bottom rotor attached to second mated disk from a second pair of mated disks.

19 . The disk array according to claim 12 , wherein each waveform pattern includes waveforms selected from a group consisting of circular, sinusoidal, multiple axial sinusoidal, biaxial, biaxial sinucircular, a series of interconnected scallop shapes, a series of interconnected arcuate forms, hyperbolic, and/or multi-axial.

20 . The disk array according to claim 19 , wherein the waveform pattern on one disk of the at least one pair of mated disks includes at least one ridge having a back channel formed into an outer side of the at least one ridge that together with a complementary groove on the neighboring mated disk forms an area having a vertical oval cross-section.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 15469547 · Mar 26, 2017
Continuation 13213452 · Aug 19, 2011
Provisional Application 61376438 · Aug 24, 2010
Related Publication 20230065304A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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