Method and system of thermo-vacuum drying and processing
AssigneeUtilization Technology Development, Nfp
InventorsYaroslav Chudnovsky, Dmytro Buyadgie, Olexiy Buyadgie
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Abstract
Methods and systems for the thermo-vacuum drying and processing of objects such as clothes. A vacuum ejector driven by high-pressure steam is employed to evacuate evaporated moisture mixed with air from a dryer vessel producing an intensification of the drying process such as can significantly reduce the energy and time requirements for the drying process and increase water utilization.
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A method for thermo-vacuum drying an object, the method comprising:
- receiving the object into a thermo-vacuum dryer vessel;
- passing a high-pressure steam through a vacuum ejector, from an inlet of the vacuum ejector to and outlet of the vacuum ejector;
- evacuating evaporated moisture mixed with air from the dryer vessel via a second inlet of the vacuum ejector driven by a vacuum created by the high-pressure steam passing through the vacuum ejector, wherein steam and the evaporated moisture mixed with air from the dryer vessel exit the outlet of the vacuum ejector;
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- applying heat extracted from at least a portion of the steam exiting from the outlet of the vacuum ejector to the object in the thermo-vacuum dryer vessel for evaporating further moisture from the object within the dryer vessel.
A system for thermo-vacuum drying an object, the system comprising:
- a thermo-vacuum dryer vessel to apply heat to an object therein contained to evaporate moisture from the object;
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- a vacuum ejector in communication with the thermo-vacuum dryer vessel, the vacuum ejector having a steam passage, including a steam inlet and a steam outlet, and a moisture inlet connected to the thermo-vacuum dryer vessel, and the vacuum ejector, upon actuation, to affect evacuation of at least a portion of the evaporated moisture from the thermo-vacuum dryer vessel through the moisture inlet.
A method for thermo-vacuum drying an object, the method comprising:
- receiving the object into a thermo-vacuum dryer vessel;
- generating a high-pressure steam;
- introducing the high-pressure steam through a vacuum ejector, from a first inlet of the vacuum ejector to an outlet of the vacuum ejector, to create a vacuum though a second inlet of the vacuum ejector, the second inlet connected to the thermo-vacuum dryer vessel;
- evacuating evaporated moisture from the dryer vessel through the second inlet of the vacuum ejector, wherein each of the steam and the evaporated moisture from the dryer vessel exit the outlet of the vacuum ejector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.