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US 12,377,366 B2Granted
Devices and systems for treating water and other fluids
AssigneeUndesert Corporation
InventorsHillery Thomas Kemp, John S. Manford
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Abstract
A system and devices for treating and purifying fluids such as water. The system includes multiple devices and moves water through the devices. The system may include a steam boiler. The steam boiler may be connected to a steam stripper. Fluids may flow through the steam boiler and fed into the bottom of the steam stripper. The system may have salt treatment modules and carbon compound modules. The system may include desalination modules. The system may provide outputs of purified water, salt, and/or concentrated salt brine.
Claims12
A system, comprising:
- a contaminated water feed source configured to supply contaminated feed water containing contaminants;
- a desalination module configured to remove at least some of the contaminants from the contaminated feed water;
- wherein the desalination module is configured to produce purified water from the contaminated feed water;
- wherein the desalination module is configured to produce brine from the contaminated feed water;
- an energy source is configured to promote evaporation at the desalination module,
- wherein the desalination module includes an enhanced surface evaporator;
- wherein the enhanced surface evaporator has surface media configured to promote evaporation;
- wherein the surface media is configured to enhance surface evaporation at or below the boiling point of the contaminated feed water;
- wherein the energy source is configured to promote evaporation at the enhanced surface evaporator,
- wherein the surface media includes cloth fiber;
- an evaporator supply path configured to transport the contaminated feed water from the contaminated water feed source to the enhanced surface evaporator;
- a nano-bubbler disposed along the evaporator supply path;
- wherein the nano-bubbler is configured to create nano-sized bubbles in the contaminated feed water;
- and
- wherein the nano-sized bubbles form surface bubbles in a film of the contaminated feed water on the surface media to increase surface area and pop to promote evaporation.
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