Methods and systems for heating and manipulating fluids
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B01D-003/06
B01D-003/00
B01D-001/00
C02F-001/16
출원번호
US-0026842
(2013-09-13)
등록번호
US-10166489
(2019-01-01)
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Frick, Franklin Alan
출원인 / 주소
Phoenix Caliente, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Jones Walker, LLP
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Systems and methods are provided for heating and manipulating a fluid to heat the fluid, evaporate water from the fluid, concentrate the fluid, separate the fluid into fractions; and/or pasteurize the fluid, comprising a closed-loop heating subsystem coupled to a primary fluid-to-fluid heat exchange
Systems and methods are provided for heating and manipulating a fluid to heat the fluid, evaporate water from the fluid, concentrate the fluid, separate the fluid into fractions; and/or pasteurize the fluid, comprising a closed-loop heating subsystem coupled to a primary fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger, and one or more fluid manipulation subsystems also coupled to the primary fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger.
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1. A method of removing water from a mixture, comprising: providing a first fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger having first and second fluid paths there through;providing a closed-loop heating subsystem comprising: a primary heat source,a fluid pump, anda fluid reservoirall configured and arranged to hea
1. A method of removing water from a mixture, comprising: providing a first fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger having first and second fluid paths there through;providing a closed-loop heating subsystem comprising: a primary heat source,a fluid pump, anda fluid reservoirall configured and arranged to heat a fluid to less than an atmospheric boiling point of the fluid and to circulate the fluid through the first fluid path of the first fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger;providing an evaporation subsystem comprising: a tank configured to operate at a pressure less than atmospheric pressure and configured to separate a mixture into its liquid and vapor phases, anda second fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger;pumping a first water containing mixture through the second heat exchanger to heat the first mixture to a first temperature;transferring heat from the closed-loop heating fluid to a second mixture in the first fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger to heat the second mixture to a second temperature greater than the first temperature;separating the second mixture heated to the second temperature into its liquid and vapor phases in the tank;extracting at least a portion of the vapor from the tank;pumping at least a first portion of the liquid phase from the tank through the second heat exchanger to transfer heat from the liquid phase to the first mixture;mixing at least a second portion of the liquid phase from the tank with the first mixture heated in the second heat exchanger to create the second mixture; andpumping the second mixture through the second fluid path of the first fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the primary heat source is an open flame boiler. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the open flame boiler is configured to combust natural gas. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the primary heat source comprises waste heat from an internal combustion engine. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the internal combustion engine is a diesel engine. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the primary heat source comprises a water brake dynamometer driven by an internal combustion engine. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the primary heat source comprises an internal combustion engine, electrical generator and an electric boiler. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the internal combustion engine is a diesel engine. 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising condensing the extracted vapor and thereafter discarding at least a portion of the condensed vapor. 10. A method of removing water from a water-containing mixture, comprising: providing a closed-loop heating subsystem comprising a hydrocarbon-fueled heater, a fluid pump, a fluid expansion tank and a first path through a primary fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger, all configured to heat and circulate a fluid to less than an atmospheric boiling point of the fluid;providing a mixture subsystem comprising a second path through the primary fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger, and a tank configured to separate heated mixture into its vapor and liquid phases;preheating a first water-containing mixture to a first temperature;transferring heat from the closed-loop fluid to a second mixture in the primary fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger to raise the temperature of the second mixture to a second temperature greater than the first temperature;creating vacuum in the tank;separating the second mixture into its liquid and vapor phases in the tank;mixing at least a first portion of the liquid from the tank with the preheated first mixture to create the second mixture;drawing the vapor from the tank into a condensing heat exchanger;transferring heat from the vapor to condense the vapor to liquid; andextracting at least a second portion of the liquid from the tank. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the heater is an open flame boiler. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the open flame boiler is configured to combust natural gas. 13. The method of claim 10, wherein the heater comprises waste heat. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the waste heat is from an internal combustion engine. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the internal combustion engine is a diesel engine. 16. The method of claim 10, wherein the heater comprises a water brake dynamometer driven by an internal combustion engine. 17. The method of claim 10, wherein the heater comprises an internal combustion engine, electrical generator and an electric boiler. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the internal combustion engine is a diesel engine. 19. The method of claim 10, further comprising removing condensed vapor from the evaporation subsystem.
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