Vapor based liquid purification system and process
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B01D-001/10
B01D-001/28
B01D-003/06
출원번호
UP-0398291
(2006-04-05)
등록번호
US-7749360
(2010-07-26)
발명자
/ 주소
Waldron, Wesley K.
대리인 / 주소
Cantor Colburn LLP
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8
초록▼
A vapor based liquid purification system and process utilizes an evaporator for evaporating a liquid into a vapor and a vapor condenser for condensing the vapor into the processed liquid. The vapor condenser has a stator and a rotor, with the rotor disposed for rotation about the stator. The stator
A vapor based liquid purification system and process utilizes an evaporator for evaporating a liquid into a vapor and a vapor condenser for condensing the vapor into the processed liquid. The vapor condenser has a stator and a rotor, with the rotor disposed for rotation about the stator. The stator and the rotor each have protrusions proximate to an inlet of the vapor condenser. These protrusions cooperate to draw vapor from the evaporator into the vapor condenser. The stator and the rotor each further have at least one axially extending ridge. These ridges cooperate to move a mixture of the vapor and the processed liquid towards at least one drain in the rotor where the processed liquid is communicated to an outlet of the vapor condenser. A multi-level vapor based purification system may also be utilized. With the multi-level vapor based purification system a vertically oriented conduit provides fluid communication between a vented vessel containing liquid and the evaporator, which is at a height greater than the vented vessel such that the vertically oriented conduit has a length effective to create a low-pressure region within the evaporator.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A vapor based purification system, comprising: an evaporator having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the evaporator for receiving the liquid and the outlet of the evaporator for delivering the vapor; a vapor condenser housing having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet
The invention claimed is: 1. A vapor based purification system, comprising: an evaporator having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the evaporator for receiving the liquid and the outlet of the evaporator for delivering the vapor; a vapor condenser housing having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the vapor condenser housing in communication with the outlet of the evaporator for receiving the vapor, the outlet of the vapor condenser housing for discharging a processed liquid; and a vapor condenser disposed in the vapor condenser housing, comprising, a stator including a protrusion proximate to the inlet of the vapor condenser housing, the stator further including at least one ridge extending axially along a length of the stator; a rotor disposed for rotation about the stator, the rotor including a protrusion proximate to the inlet of the vapor condenser housing, the protrusion of the rotor cooperating with the protrusion of the stator to draw the vapor from the evaporator into the vapor condenser, the rotor further including at least one ridge extending axially along a length of the rotor, the ridge of the rotor cooperating with the ridge of the stator to move a mixture of the vapor and the processed liquid towards at least one drain in the rotor where the processed liquid is communicated to the outlet of the vapor condenser housing; a feedback loop in fluid communication with the outlet of the vapor condenser and the stator; and wherein the stator further includes at least one spray nozzle for spraying the processed liquid towards the rotor. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one drain has a conical shape. 3. The system of claim 1, further comprising: a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the processed liquid flowing through the feedback loop. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the rotor further includes a valve for preventing backflow the at least one drain. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one ridge of the stator has a spiral shape. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the evaporator comprises a flash evaporator. 7. The system of claim 1, further comprising: a valve disposed at the outlet of the evaporator for selectively discharging liquid in the evaporator. 8. The system of claim 7, further comprising: a sensor for detecting a concentration of contaminants in the liquid at the evaporator and communicating with the valve to discharge the liquid in the evaporator when the concentration of the contaminants exceeds a specified level. 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the protrusion of the rotor and the protrusion of the stator cooperate to define a bucket compressor. 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the protrusion of the rotor defines a fan. 11. The system of claim 1, wherein the evaporator further includes a waster water collector feedback loop configured to reduce sediment or scaling material in the evaporator. 12. The system of claim 1, wherein the evaporator further includes a cooling water feedback loop configured to enhance evaporation. 13. A vapor based purification system, comprising: a vented vessel receptive to a liguid; an evaporator having an inlet and an outlet; a vertically oriented conduit providing fluid communication between the vented vessel and the inlet of the evaporator, the evaporator is at a height greater than the vented vessel such that the vertically oriented conduit has a length effective to create a low pressure region within the evaporator; a vapor condenser comprising a sealed housing having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the housing of the vapor condenser in fluid communication with the outlet of the housing of the evaporator for receiving the vapor, the outlet of the housing of the vapor condenser for discharging a processed liguid; a stator disposed in the housing of the vapor condenser, the stator including a protrusion proximate to the inlet of the housing of the vapor condenser, the stator further including at least one ridge extending axially along a length of the stator; a rotor disposed in the housing of the vapor condenser for rotation about the stator, the rotor including a protrusion proximate to the inlet of the housing of the vapor condenser, the protrusion of the rotor cooperating with the protrusion of the stator to draw the vapor from the evaporator to the vapor condenser, the rotor further including at least one ridge extending axially along a length of the rotor, the ridge of the rotor cooperating with the ridge of the stator to move a mixture of the vapor and the processed liquid towards at least one drain in the rotor where the processed liquid is communicated to the outlet of the housing of the vapor condenser; and wherein the at least one ridge of the stator has a spiral shape. 14. A vapor based purification system, comprising: a vented vessel receptive to a liquid; an evaporator having an inlet and an outlet; a vertically oriented conduit providing fluid communication between the vented vessel and the inlet of the evaporator, the evaporator is at a height greater than the vented vessel such that the vertically oriented conduit has a length effective to create a low pressure region within the evaporator; a vapor condenser comprising a sealed housing having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the housing of the vapor condenser in fluid communication with the outlet of the evaporator for receiving the vapor, the outlet of the housing of the vapor condenser for discharging a processed liquid; a stator disposed in the housing of the vapor condenser, the stator including a protrusion proximate to the inlet of the housing of the vapor condenser, the stator further including at least one ridge extending axially along a length of the stator; a rotor disposed in the housing of the vapor condenser for rotation about the stator, the rotor including a protrusion proximate to the inlet of the housing of the vapor condenser, the protrusion of the rotor cooperating with the protrusion of the stator to draw the vapor from the evaporator to the vapor condenser, the rotor further including at least one ridge extending axially along a length of the rotor, the ridge of the rotor cooperating with the ridge of the stator to move a mixture of the vapor and the processed liquid towards at least one drain in the rotor where the processed liquid is communicated to the outlet of the housing of the vapor condenser; and wherein the protrusion of the rotor and the protrusion of the stator cooperate to define a bucket compressor. 15. A vapor based purification system, comprising: a vented vessel receptive to a liquid; an evaporator having an inlet and an outlet; a vertically oriented conduit providing fluid communication between the vented vessel and the inlet of the evaporator, the evaporator is at a height greater than the vented vessel such that the vertically oriented conduit has a length effective to create a low pressure region within the evaporator; a vapor condenser comprising a sealed housing having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the housing of the vapor condenser in fluid communication with the outlet of the evaporator for receiving the vapor, the outlet of the housing of the vapor condenser for discharging a processed liquid; a stator disposed in the housing of the vapor condenser, the stator including a protrusion proximate to the inlet of the housing of the vapor condenser, the stator further including at least one ridge extending axially along a length of the stator; a rotor disposed in the housing of the vapor condenser for rotation about the stator, the rotor including a protrusion proximate to the inlet of the housing of the vapor condenser, the protrusion of the rotor cooperating with the protrusion of the stator to draw the vapor from the evaporator to the vapor condenser, the rotor further including at least one ridge extending axially along a length of the rotor, the ridge of the rotor cooperating with the ridge of the stator to move a mixture of the vapor and the processed liquid towards at least one drain in the rotor where the processed liquid is communicated to the outlet of the housing of the vapor condenser; and wherein the protrusion of the rotor defines a fan. 16. A vapor based purification system, comprising: an evaporator having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the evaporator for receiving the liquid and the outlet of the evaporator for delivering the vapor a vapor condenser housing having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the vapor condenser housing in communication with the outlet of the evaporator for receiving the vapor, the outlet of the vapor condenser housing for discharging a processed liquid; a vapor condenser disposed in the vapor condenser housing comprising, a stator including a protrusion proximate to the inlet of the vapor condenser housing; a rotor disposed for rotation about the stator, the rotor including a protrusion proximate to the inlet of the vapor condenser housing, the protrusion of the rotor cooperating with the protrusion of the stator to draw the vapor from the evaporator into the vapor condenser; at least one of the stator or the rotor including a spiral ridge extending axially along a length of the at least one of the stator or rotor, the other of the at least one of the stator or the rotor including a plurality of ridges extending axially along a length of the other of the at least one of the stator or the rotor and each of the plurality of ridges projecting radially from the other of the at least one of stator or rotor, the plurality of ridges cooperating with the spiral ridge to move a mixture of the vapor and the processed liquid towards at least one drain in the rotor where the processed liquid is communicated to the outlet of the vapor condenser housing; and wherein the rotor includes a plurality of drains disposed along the length of the stator or the rotor.
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