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US 11,505,475 B2Granted
Evaporation panel assemblies, systems, and methods
AssigneeEcovap, Inc.
InventorMichael J. Patey
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AssigneeEcovap, Inc.
InventorMichael J. Patey
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The present disclosure is drawn to evaporation panel assemblies, systems, and methods. For example, a modular evaporation panel system can include a plurality of evaporation panels with individual evaporation panels including evaporation shelves that are laterally elongated, vertically stacked, and spaced apart; vertical support columns positioned along the evaporation shelves to vertically support and separate the evaporation shelves; female-receiving openings defined by multiple evaporation shelves and multiple support columns; and male connectors positioned at lateral ends of the evaporation panels. The male connectors can be releasably receivable by the female-receiving openings of an adjacent evaporation panel, thereby providing modular assembly and disassembly of multiple evaporation panels relative to one another.
A modular evaporation panel system, comprising a plurality of evaporation panels, wherein individual evaporation panels of the plurality include:
A method of modular evaporation panel assembly and disassembly, comprising:
An evaporation tower, comprising a plurality of evaporation panels laterally joined together to form evaporation panel levels, wherein multiple evaporation panel levels are vertically stacked, the evaporation tower having a water contact surface area and airflow pathways sufficient to generate a water evaporation rate that is at least 20 times greater than is evaporable from a surface of a body of water exposed to the same ambient conditions and having a water surface area of the body of water that is the same size as the footprint.
A method of rapidly evaporating water from wastewater, comprising:
An evaporation tower wall, comprising a plurality of evaporation panels laterally joined together to form evaporation panel levels, wherein multiple evaporation panel levels are vertically stacked, wherein the evaporation tower wall is from 3 to 50 levels in height and laterally elongated at least at a 3:1 length to depth ratio in at least one direction.
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