B01D 1/221
Composite plate evaporators
Official title: {Composite plate evaporators}
B01D1/221 (Composite plate evaporators) appears on 127 US grants and 111 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01D- Granted patents
- 127
- Published applications
- 111
- Assignees
- 93
- Inventors
- 237
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 9 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 6 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 |
| 2014 | 3 | 10 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3 |
| 2020 | 7 | 8 |
| 2021 | 2 | 8 |
| 2022 | 11 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Heat exchanger with vapor extractors26 May 2026US 12,638,243 B2Industrial Advanced Services Fz-LLC
- Liquid separation system14 Apr 2026US 12,599,847 B2Baryon Inc.
- Concentrator and crystallizer evaporation system9 Sep 2025US 12,410,070 B2Vacom Systems, LLC
- Photothermal evaporator for a desalination system and method of manufacture15 Jul 2025US 12,357,923 B2Northeastern University
- Method, process and apparatus for the very low temperature evaporation system22 Apr 2025US 12,280,321 B2
- A plate heat exchanger, a heat exchanging plate and a method of treating a feed such as sea water6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225920 A1Alfa Laval Corporate AB
- Concentrator and crystallizer evaporation system11 Dec 2025US 2025/0376388 A1Vacom Systems, LLC
- Distillation system3 Apr 2025US 2025/0108316 A1Evcon GmbH
- A compressor-driven thermal separation process using diffusion gap distillation and wicking, thermally conductive heat transfer surfaces27 Feb 2025US 2025/0065245 A1Ail Research Inc.
- Liquid Separation System20 Feb 2025US 2025/0058247 A1Baryon Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vapor compression distillation system and method93US 5,968,321 ARidgewood WaterPure Corporation · 1999
- Method for recyclying energy in counterflow heat exchange and distillation59US 4,671,856 ASuperstill Technology, Inc. · 1987
- Combined membrane-distillation-forward-osmosis systems and methods of use53US 8,029,671 B2Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno · 2011
- Liquid ring pumps with hermetically sealed motor rotors52US 7,465,375 B2DEKA Products Limited Partnership · 2008
- Method for devolatilizing polymer solutions46US 4,808,262 AGeneral Electric Company · 1989