Apparatus for concentrating wastewater and for creating brines

A liquid concentrator system, comprising:

• a concentrator section including;
• a gas inlet,
• a gas outlet,
• a mixing corridor disposed between the gas inlet and the gas outlet;
• a liquid inlet through which liquid to be concentrated is injected into the mixing corridor;
• a demister disposed downstream of the concentrator section, the demister including a demister gas flow passage coupled to the gas outlet of the concentrator section, a liquid collector disposed in the demister gas flow passage to remove liquid from gas flowing in the demister gas flow passage, and a reservoir that collects the liquid removed from the gas flowing in the demister gas flow passage by the liquid collector;
• a re-circulating circuit disposed between reservoir and the mixing corridor to transport liquid within the reservoir to the mixing corridor;
• a settling tank to separate saturated liquid and suspended solids;
• and
• a custom brine mixing device operatively coupled to the settling tank.