Systems and methods for extracting liquid
AssigneeCorner Star Limited
InventorSteven Lawrence Kimbel
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Abstract
A system for extracting liquid is provided. The system includes a vacuum source and a nozzle having a wettable plunger and a vacuum tube connected in flow communication with the vacuum source. When the plunger is partly submerged in the liquid and the vacuum source is actuated to initiate a flow of gas through the vacuum tube, droplets of the liquid separate from at least a portion of the unsubmerged part of the plunger and become suspended in the gas flow. The system also includes a cooling structure positioned adjacent to the vacuum tube to facilitate solidifying the droplets suspended in the gas flowing through the vacuum tube.
Claims6
A system for extracting molten material comprising:
- a vacuum source;
- a nozzle having a wettable plunger submersible in a molten material and a vacuum tube connected in flow communication with the vacuum source such that, when the plunger is partly submerged in the molten material and the vacuum source is actuated to initiate a flow of gas through the vacuum tube, droplets of the molten material separate from at least a portion of the unsubmerged part of the plunger and become suspended in the gas flow;
- a cooling structure positioned adjacent to the vacuum tube to facilitate solidifying the droplets suspended in the gas flowing through the vacuum tube;
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- a carrier gas source and a carrier gas tube connected in flow communication with the carrier gas source, wherein the carrier gas tube concentrically surrounds the vacuum tube, wherein the carrier gas tube and the vacuum tube each have a distal end surface configured to facilitate a smoother transition of carrier gas flow from the carrier gas tube into the vacuum tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.