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US 12,427,438 B2Granted
Distillation apparatus
AssigneeClean Water Designs Ltd
InventorsDuncan Peters, Constantine Talalaev
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to distillation apparatus, especially such apparatus that may be deployed within a commercial, domestic or near-Domestic situation to provide distilled water on demand. The distillation apparatus comprising an evaporation chamber, a condensation chamber, a heat source, the heat source being arranged to supply heat to at least part of the evaporation chamber, a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a vapour compression pump, wherein the condensation chamber surrounds at least part of the evaporation chamber.
Claims21
A distillation apparatus comprising:
- an evaporation chamber,
- wherein the evaporation chamber includes:
- an inlet sump;
- a vapour chamber;
- and
- a condensation chamber,
- wherein:
- the condensation chamber comprises a cylindrical chamber and the evaporation chamber is at least partially located within the condensation chamber;
- or
- the evaporation chamber comprises a cylindrical chamber and the condensation chamber is at least partially located within the evaporation chamber;
- a heat source, the heat source being arranged to supply heat to at least part of the evaporation chamber;
- a fluid inlet;
- a fluid outlet;
- a vapour compression pump;
- a vapour conduit connecting the evaporation chamber to the vapour compression pump,
- wherein the vapour compression pump is located below the evaporation chamber or the condensation chamber;
- and
- a bypass valve connecting part of the condensation chamber to part of the evaporation chamber.
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