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Abstract

In the electrolytic treatment of a liquid so as to encourage flocculation of solid particles suspended within the liquid, it is desirable to prevent particles which have received electrodic action at one electrode from being exposed to the oppositely charged electrode of the system. Hence, the system utilizes a pair of separate chambers that are each provided with an electrode forming either the anode or the cathode of the system, depending upon the charge applied by a source of direct electrical potential. The two chambers are interconnected in liquid communication so as to complete an electric circuit, and each has its own effluent outlet which can be opened and closed independently of the other outlet. While incoming liquid can flow to either of the chambers, if the liquid is predominantly one charge, the outlet from the chamber having the electrode of the same charge as the incoming liquid is closed or at least substantially restricted whereby at least most of the flow is through that chamber having the electrode charged oppositely of the dominant charge in the incoming liquid. Because the outlet of the disabled chamber is controlled rather than the inlet thereof, the two chambers remain in liquid communication with one another so as to maintain the electric circuit and thereby continue electrolytic action, notwithstanding the fact that particles exposed to the electrode in the open chamber are at least substantially kept from exposure to the electrode of the controlled chamber.

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