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US 12,558,636 B2Granted
Gas supply system with water removal
AssigneeOxus America, Inc.
InventorsLoren M. Thompson, Andrew Voto
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Abstract
A gas supply system utilizes waste heat from a compressor to promote evaporation of liquid waste water that is generated as condensate by the compressor.
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A gas supply system, comprising:
- a housing that defines a cooling duct;
- a compressor that is located in the housing, is configured to compress air, generates liquid waste water as a byproduct, and generates waste heat during operation of the compressor;
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- a water removal device that aerosolizes the liquid waste water to generate aerosolized waste water and exposes the aerosolized waste water to the waste heat from the compressor in the cooling duct to promote evaporation of the aerosolized waste water using the waste heat from the compressor.
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A gas supply system, comprising:
- a housing that defines a cooling duct, the cooling duct including a first portion and a second portion that are both adjacent to a housing wall, wherein an opening is formed in the housing wall;
- a compressor that is located in the housing, is configured to compress air, generates liquid waste water as a byproduct, and generates waste heat during operation of the compressor;
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- a water removal device that is located in the opening of the housing wall so that the water removal device blocks the opening, the water removal device including an evaporation pad that is exposed to the first portion of the cooling duct and the second portion of the cooling duct, wherein the liquid waste water is supplied to the evaporation pad to expose the liquid waste water to a stream of air in the cooling duct to promote evaporation of the liquid waste water using the waste heat from the compressor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.