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7597785 Low energy vacuum distillation method and apparatus  
A sub-atmospheric pressure desalinating still employs a closed top, open bottom pipe filled with source water to be distilled, such as seawater, having a height greater than the height of a column...
7569737 Method for excluding salt and other soluble materials from produced water  
A method for reducing the salinity, as well as the hydrocarbon concentration of produced water to levels sufficient to meet surface water discharge standards. Pressure vessel and coflow injection...
7435317 Desalination of ocean water  
An improved distillation of water. involves distilling significant quantities of water at temperatures well below the boiling point. During distillation, a compound is taken from a liquid-phase to...
7431806 Low energy vacuum distillation method and apparatus  
A sub-atmospheric pressure desalinating still employs a closed top, open bottom pipe filled with source water to be distilled, such as seawater, having a height greater than the height of a column...
7390380 Processing of shipboard wastewater  
Incoming wastewater is preheated in a heat exchanger before delivery to a flash chamber through an orifice for flashing into water vapor rising into an upper section of the flash chamber which also...
7232878 Polymer treatment for separating volatile material  
A process for the separation of volatile material from particulate polymer which has been substantially freed from unreacted monomer in an earlier separation step, comprising (a) feeding the...
7191610 Energy collecting system and method of operating the same  
In the air-conditioning system, a primary side to generate heat includes a heat storage and a heat source and produces cool or warm water using an inexpensive commercial power source such as a...
7163636 Multi-phase separation system  
A multi-phase separation system utilized to remove contaminants from fluids includes a pre-filtering module for filtering a contaminated fluid to provide a filtered contaminated fluid. A condenser...
7081205 Mobile desalination plants and systems, and methods for producing desalinated water  
Systems, methods, and apparatus for desalinating water are provided. A vessel includes a water intake system, a reverse osmosis system, a concentrate discharge system, a permeate transfer system, a...
7052582 Wave powered evaporation desalination system  
A wave powered evaporation desalination system for removing fresh water from salt water by extraction of water vapor from a negative pressure container using wave motion for power. The wave powered...
7041198 Distillation system  
A distillation system is provided having an evaporation conduit and a condensing conduit connected by a transfer system for transferring distillate vapour from the evaporation conduit to the...
7008516 Method and apparatus for desalinating and concentrating sea water, desalinated deep water and concentrated deep water  
According to a method of desalinating sea water, sea water sampled from deep sea is injected into a decompression chamber of a reduced pressure tank having a steam chamber, steam at an atmospheric...
6936140 Water distillation system  
A distillation system is provided for recovering water from sea water and other polluted water source. The system has a heat engine embodying Carnot cycle and a Rankine cycle formed by heat...
6932889 Water treatment device and method  
A point of use water purification unit for continuously and completely purifying water at all point of use for removing all chemicals, killing all microorganisms; the device having a computer...
6833056 Desalination method and desalination apparatus  
A desalination apparatus capable of obtaining fresh water stably at low cost by utilizing low-temperature waste, wherein the desalination apparatus including a heat exchanger 92 cooperating with...
6761802 Tunnel for distillation of fresh water from ocean salt water  
A closed tunnel system for distilling fresh water from ocean salt water is provided with an elongated evaporation plate adapted to hold ocean water for evaporation therefrom. During the...
6699369 Apparatus and method for thermal desalination based on pressurized formation and evaporation of droplets  
A method for removing dissolved solids, particularly salts, from water. An apparatus for performing the inventive method is disclosed. The aqueous solution to be treated, for example sea water, is...
6649027 Water reclamation system  
A water reclamation system for a closed environment includes a mixer that receives brine. A processor is downstream of the mixer, with the processor distilling substantially salt-free water from...
6635150 Method for distilling a fluid with horizontal vapor transfer into a condensation zone and modular device for implementing said method  
A method for distilling a fluid which is useful, for instance, in eliminating salt from brackish and/or sea water includes percolating films on plates with multiple effects having several...
6582563 Water purification system  
An improved portable water purification system with reduced leaks and the capability of automatic draining of its boiling tank, as well as to a method of preventing water spillage from a portable...
6508916 Process for recovering processing liquids  
A process for recovering processing liquids such as gas-treating liquids wherein a feed mixture containing the processing liquid, water, and optionally additional components that are more volatile...
6494995 Solar distillation system  
A solar cell floats over a body of saline water. A submerged fresh water collection system underlies the cell. A partial vacuum is created in the solar cell for drawing water vapor from the cell to...
6454907 Method and apparatus for concentrating slurried solids  
Method and apparatus for concentrating slurries by removing liquid in a single effect unit maintained under vacuum to effect low temperature flashing of the liquid. The single effect unit is a...
6436242 Device and method for distilling water  
A water distiller has a sub-atmospheric boiler having a non-recirculating brine section, an input, a brine output and a vapor output. The input is for water to be distilled, the brine output for...
6391162 Desalination apparatus and method of operating the same  
A desalination apparatus and method utilizing solar energy provided with a solar heat collector for heating a heating medium with solar energy, a heat exchanger cooperating with an evaporation can...
6383341 Apparatus for obtaining pure water from crude water  
Apparatus for obtaining pure water from crude water includes an evaporator arrangement ( 10 ) that has a first circuit ( 101 ) for cirulating crude water, a second circuit ( 102 ) for circulating...
6303006 System and method for distilling liquid  
A vacuum type distilling system includes a sealed container including a vaporization chamber for containing a liquid and a condensation chamber, a pressure-reducing device, a condensing device, a...
6294054 Water purification system  
A compact distilled water system for home, marine, and laboratory use which includes a closed circuit that provides high pressure water for dispensing water to remote locations and that also...
6254734 Barometric evaporation process and evaporator  
A process for the evaporation of an available warm or hot liquid under a vacuum by applying a pressure drop thereon initiating flash-down evaporation, and followed by further flash-down evaporation...
6197162 Liquid purifying distillation process  
A method of remediating water contaminated by dissolved gases and liquids and suspended particles wherein the contaminated water is collected into a closed container without filling the container...
6165326 Facility for desalinating of purifying sea water or brackish water by means of solar energy  
A facility for the desalination and purification of sea water or brackish water by solar energy provided with a closed cycle including a thermal solar collector and a heat exchanger in which a heat...
6051111 Cold distillation method  
A method of distillation having the steps of drawing a volume of untreated water containing impurities into a container, applying a vacuum to the container, applying an oscillating electric charge...
5993608 Process for recovering processing liquids  
A process for recovering processing liquids such as gas-treating liquids wherein a feed mixture containing the processing liquid and components or impurities that are more volatile and less...
5980694 Apparatus for the purification of water contaminated with oil  
An installation for cleaning oil-polluted water, in particular at oil and gas production plants, is provided with a distillation column having a polluted water feed and at least one contact packing...
5968312 Liquid flow distribution and flow control with dual adjustable orifice plates or overlapping orifices  
A method and apparatus for forming an array of multiple parallel flow orifices, for example by holes drilled through a plate in a selected pattern and spacing and of selected sizes or flow...
5925223 Process for improving thermal efficiency while producing power and desalinating water  
A process and apparatus for improving the thermal efficiency of a steam turbine power generating plant while simultaneously desalinating seawater or brine and purifying water which contains...
5853549 Desalination of seawater by evaporation in a multi-stack array of vertical tube bundles, with waste heat.  
A large and economical type of multi-stack vertical tube evaporator (MS-VTE) having units of multiple stacks of vertical tube bundles or stages mounted in a single vessel, and having its liquid...
5810977 Purifying water by superheated steam  
A water purifier which purifies water by superheated steam. The water purifier includes a raw water reservoir for contaminated water; a heater at least partially disposed within the raw water...
5779861 Method for treating process condensate  
An apparatus and method for treating chemical production plant process condensate and low pressure purge gas such that a contaminant-rich stream is recoverable from the condensate and purge gas,...
5762763 Method and apparatus for separating water from compressed air system condensate  
A method and apparatus for separating water from a condensate mixture having two or more components drained from a compressed gas system is disclosed. The apparatus has a boiler with an inlet for...
5743080 Vapor-air steam engine  
A vapor-air steam engine is described which operates at high pressure and utilizes a working fluid consisting of a mixture of compressed uncombusted air components, fuel combustion products and...
5738762 Separating oil and water from emulsions containing toxic light ends  
An improved process for separating oil and water from an emulsion containing toxic light ends by flashing the heated and pressurized emulsion, condensing and separating the vaporized water and...
5738761 Sewage treatment process and apparatus  
A waste water treatment system includes a preliminary first stage separator for separating an aqueous phase from other materials. A pressure vessel sedimentation follows for removing most of the...
5695643 Process for brine disposal  
A method of treating and disposing of waste water containing salt, such as the brine that results from production of oil and/or gas wells, which includes introducing the waste water into a reverse...
5688377 Rotary radial cyclonic fluid mixture separator  
Rotating parallel disks create radial cyclonic vortices between them. The axes of these vortices communicate with the bore of a hollow shaft, and a vacuum is drawn in the shaft bore by the action...
5676801 Radial inflow compressor for large volumetric flows  
A radial-inflow large volume-rate low pressure-differential, single-stage compressor comprising 2 periphiral concentric sets of axial blades spaced circumferentially between two supporting rings...
5645693 Plant for sea water desalinizing using solar energy  
An apparatus for desalination of sea water by the utilization of solar energy, advantageously accompanied by electric power generation, containing a heat caption unit (1) serving as a heat source,...
5630913 Water distillation system  
A water distillation system (10) includes a boiling chamber (11) and a condensation chamber (12). Water is fed via an inlet pipe (13) to a degassing chamber (15) where volatile gases are removed...
5614066 Water distillation apparatus  
An apparatus for converting seawater or other contaminated water into pure water for reuse including: a source of the contaminated water; a first horizontal housing connected to the source of...
5582691 Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system  
An improved ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system which includes a novel combined evaporator/condenser. The combined evaporator/condenser further includes a plurality of evaporator spouts...