Water production, filtration and dispensing system
AssigneeInfinite Water, Inc.
InventorsArthur Neumann, Robert K. Waite
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Abstract
A water production system with a thermal separation device that defines a cold region and a hot region, a fluid-air heat exchanger located remotely from the thermal separation device and exposed to air, and a fluid circulation loop that thermally connects the cold region of the thermal separation device to the fluid-air heat exchanger so as to cool the fluid-air heat exchanger and condense water from ambient air to produce water pure enough so that with further treatment it can be made potable. Also disclosed are filtration and dispensing features that are appropriate for a potable water supply.
Claims15
A water production, storage, filtration, and delivery system, comprising:
- a thermal separation device that defines a cold region and a hot region;
- a first liquid-based heat exchanger coupled to the cold region of the thermal separation device;
- a second liquid-based heat exchanger coupled to the hot region of the thermal separation device;
- a first liquid-air heat exchanger located remotely from the thermal separation device and exposed to air;
- a first pumped liquid circulation loop that thermally connects the first liquid-based heat exchanger to the first liquid-air heat exchanger so as to cool the first liquid-air heat exchanger and condense water from ambient air;
- an accumulator tank that receives the condensed water and has an outlet;
- an accessory tank with a water inlet that is fluidly coupled to the outlet of the accumulator tank such that the condensed water in the accumulator tank and the accessory tank are at the same water level, where the accessory tank has a water outlet;
- a water holding tank that stores water;
- a water level sensor that is configured to sense a level of the condensed water in the accessory tank that is also indicative of a level of the condensed water in the accumulator tank;
- a first system water outlet;
- one or more first water filters in a fluid path between the accumulator tank and the water holding tank;
- one or more second water filters in a fluid path between the water holding tank and the first water system outlet;
- a first water pump with an inlet fluidly coupled to both the accessory tank outlet and the water holding tank, and with an outlet fluidly coupled to both the first system water outlet and the water holding tank;
- a water purification process that purifies at least the condensed water;
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- a controller that is operatively coupled to the water level sensor and the first water pump, where the controller is enabled to control at least a system idle condition, which allows recirculation or a filtration process, and a dispense water condition;
- wherein in the system idle condition the controller monitors, in response to the water level sensor, an amount of water, and in the dispense water condition the controller causes water to be dispensed from the first system water outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.