U.S. <strong>Patent</strong>Nov. 29, 1983 4,417,951
4,417,951DISTILLER AND EVAPORATORFOR S~drMns water from the evapormor when ff~becomesheavily saturat<strong>ed</strong> with brin~ Another drainpipe 16 withWATER ’ a colMction canM 17 ~ a ring plme 15 colMc~ nonevaporM<strong>ed</strong>brine water droplets. ~ :T~s ~vem~n r~es g~em~y m eq~pmem ~r ~e 5 The evaporator ~ provid<strong>ed</strong> wffh a water Mv~ gauge~ation and ~~ ~ ~a w~ ¯ 18, vacuum gauge 1~ a manom~er 19A and a s~om~It h wall known that ~th inc~as~g ~p~ the~ te~ , ~ ....is an ~c~g ~n~m~ of drin~ng w~er, and In the evaporator, the steam space 24 g ~NMd withwkh a g~ ~fi~z~o~ ~e ~ a h~ amoum baffles 2~,21 and 22, for the evapora~d ~eam. The10 purpose of the baffles N to separNevaporat<strong>ed</strong> steamof pure water ~q~d ~ various en~rg<strong>ed</strong> and newph~es of manu~ufing W~u~. Accor~n~% ~om non-evapor~<strong>ed</strong> water drops wh~h are not asthere ~ ~ a more ne<strong>ed</strong> to find other sources of jet-pure as distilMd ~eam. Each baffle 2~ and 21 aspu~ w~ than ~ pr~enfly b~ng o~n<strong>ed</strong> from ~k~, shown in FIG. 2, has ope~ngs 23 of diffuser shape.rivers and the 1~ pa~u~fly ~ ~ew that more and Such diffuser-shap<strong>ed</strong> openings acc~r~e the separ~nmore of k ~ ~ p~l~<strong>ed</strong> due to chem~s of l~ of saturat<strong>ed</strong> ~eam. The last component baffle 22 forms~du~ and w~te of mod~n ~v~g b~ng dump<strong>ed</strong>~ d~oy~g the n~ur~ puny of such waterbo~. It i~ ~e~, n~ur~ ~ a~enfion ~ nowa Nst barrier for non~vaporat<strong>ed</strong> water drops and fordisti~<strong>ed</strong> geam before entering steam space 2& Thebaffle surNce N equM ~ area to the ~Nde transverseb~ng ~ven to obt~n pur~ flesh w~ o~ of s~y ~a area of the evapor~or, and is arcuate for more effectivew~ ~ ~ me~ ~e p~nt day ~q~me~s. In ~me 20 separ~ion of distill<strong>ed</strong> ~eam. The lowermo~ baffle 2~countries flesh water ~ ration<strong>ed</strong> pa~afly ~ dry or has the Nrge~ surNc~ and on ~s peripherN <strong>ed</strong>ge has ahot season~colMcting vault 25 in which non-evapor~<strong>ed</strong> waterAccor~n~ ~ ~ a prin~p~ o~e~ of the w~em drops colMct and are convey<strong>ed</strong> to the drNn canM 17 ~~vem~n ~ prov~e an ~W~ ~s~Mr and evapor~tot ~r converting sea w~ ~ pure ff~h w~. 25 througri hng plat~h~5~iffuseE rVap°ratesh dape~teao mpeNnf~s°m2;reaand2~hePnAnther o~e~ h to pin,de a distiller and evaporator~r ~a w~ w~ch ~ one pa~uhr deign can be ~g coupe and b~ng partly dives~d of water drop~#nge on the second component baffle 21 while changus<strong>ed</strong>aboard a sh~ whe~ ~ t~s time there ~ a gre~ After g~ng through the openings 23 of the secondwa~e of he~ by ~e exhau~ g~ of ~e large en~n~baffle 21 pure steam and non-evaporat<strong>ed</strong> water dropspas~ng out of the s~p ~nnd and ~to the ~mosphe~, 30 are separ~<strong>ed</strong>, the pure ~eam then Maving ~eam spaceand wh~n t~s w~d heat ~ the ~nnd can be h~ness<strong>ed</strong>to produce ~ of the s~s ~q~mem of ~h24 through outlet pipe 14 to the condenseLTwo or more baffles ~ a same evapormor may bewater during an ocean voyag~ ~t any ad~fion~expens~ The ~a w~ us<strong>ed</strong> ~ co~ ~e en~n~ can beemploye~ as may be req~r<strong>ed</strong> for ma~mum effect.us<strong>ed</strong> as ~ ~ ~ready p~e~<strong>ed</strong> ~ to 45 degrees cen~ 35 In FIG. ~ a mottle design of ~ffuser opening 23 ~grad~ so it ~ ready ~r ~o~n.provid<strong>ed</strong> by a diffuser 30 of Venturi shape wffh dectriccontac~ 31 and 32 on 0ppo~te ~des so thin ~rge w~erO~ o~ec~ are to pro~de a distiller and evaporator~r ~a w~ w~ch ~ ~m~e in deign, inexpensiv<strong>ed</strong>rops entering the same will dose an dectric~c~t~ manu~ rugg<strong>ed</strong> in con~ru~ easy to use andthat will thus cause a spark thin will vaporize the w~ereffl~em ~ ~.40 drop. Thus preventing water drop passage therethrough.Contact 31 ~ ~ationary whim contact 32 isThese and ~~s ~1 be ready e~dem upona ~udy of the ~l~w~g ~e~fic~n and the accomp~ slidable closer ~her~o where ~eam pre~ure ~de arean~ng ~a~ wh~n26 is increas<strong>ed</strong>, at wh~h time there are Mrger concentrationof w~er drops so that they must be vaporiz<strong>ed</strong>.FIG. 1 ~ a ~mmm~c ~de vMw of a sy~em of the~em ~venfion.45 T~s ~ accomplish<strong>ed</strong> by a hollow accordian shap<strong>ed</strong>,FIG. 2 ~ an e~g<strong>ed</strong> det~ ~ cross section of ~e expandable case 33 interconnect<strong>ed</strong> to area 2~ andim~r baffle co~u~n ~e ~o~ t~ ~ong which pushes a #votabM lever 34 connect<strong>ed</strong> to slide 35section 2--2 of FIG. 1.which carries contact 32.FIG. 3 ~ a ~p ~ew ~ ~e baffle con~rucfion ~de While various changes may be made in the d~ilthe evapor~o~ as ~ew<strong>ed</strong> ~ direction 3--3 of FIG. 1. 50 construction, ff ~ unde~tood that such changes will beFIG. 4 ~ a cross secfion~ew on fi~ 4--4 of FIG. within the s#rit and scope of the present ~vention as ~1. defin<strong>ed</strong> by the append<strong>ed</strong>Mms.FIG. 5 is an e~g<strong>ed</strong> cross secfion~ ~ew on fine The following ~ dMme~5--5 of FI~ ~ ~o~ a peripher~ dr~nage can~. 1. A Sea water distiller comprising a sea w~er supplyFIG. 6 ~ a mo~ficafion of the ~venfion show~g a 55 tank connect<strong>ed</strong> by a conduito the bottom of an evaporatorwith heating mean~ ~duding a ring plmecross section ~rough a mottl<strong>ed</strong> ~se~. The proem ~vent~n is ~own ~ FIG. 1 to ~ude mount<strong>ed</strong> around the ~de periphery of sMd evaporatoran evapor~or 10 and a sea water sup~y water tank 11 at a pr<strong>ed</strong>~erm~<strong>ed</strong> levd, s~d ring pl~e ~u~ng aw~ch are ~onne~<strong>ed</strong> by a sup~y ~pe 12 ha~ng a pefipher~ dr~nage can~ ~ com~nation with a pluralsup~yv~ve 1~ w~ch ~ a~om~c~y ~g~<strong>ed</strong> by 60 Ry of spac<strong>ed</strong> venally curvate baffles above s~d pl~¯ e water Mvd ~t~n the evaporato~ The ~p of the the lowermo~ of s~d baffles having a peripher~ <strong>ed</strong>geevapor~or ~ connect<strong>ed</strong> w~h a condenser ~ot show~ portion<strong>ed</strong> above and l~er~ly adjacent s~d can~by a ~pe 14 ~r ~u~ ~o~ steam ~to ~econdenser whe~ a vacuum ~ o~n<strong>ed</strong> by vacuum ~e~whereby moi~ure ~ direct<strong>ed</strong> and dron<strong>ed</strong> from s~dbaffle to s~d can~, ~ fu~her combination with a dr~ntor~~ ~ow~. Condens<strong>ed</strong> water from a condens<strong>ed</strong>65 age pipe having an inl~ ~ commu~c~n wffh s~dsuction pump ~ show~ ~k~ wa~r and discharges k~ drin~ng w~er mn~ ~ ~ow~. A dr~n ~pe ~show~ ~ the b~mm of the evapor~or periodicallycanM for drayage purposes, sMd baffles having upwardorient<strong>ed</strong> diffusers and an upper solid baffle superimpos<strong>ed</strong>over sMd baffles with the diffuser~ sMd upper2
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