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US 12,728,367 B2Granted
Evaporation system
OwnerThomas A. Joseph, IIIinventor
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Abstract
A water evaporation system comprising a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The exhaust of the gas turbine engine directly impinges on wastewater to entrain and evaporate at least a portion of the wastewater.
Claims22
A water evaporation system, comprising:
- a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- an air compressor;
- a burner in fluidic communication with the air compressor;
- a rotatable shaft;
- and
- an exhaust outlet in communication with the burner configured to receive heated air from the burner;
- and
- an evaporation tank, comprising:
- an exhaust inlet in communication with the exhaust outlet of the gas turbine engine;
- a water supply system;
- and
- a boiling chamber in communication with the exhaust inlet, wherein the boiling chamber is configured to receive water from the water supply system and direct heated exhaust from the gas turbine engine directly onto the water to evaporate at least a portion of the water,
- wherein the boiling chamber comprises an interior volume in communication with the exhaust inlet and a nozzle extending longitudinally along the boiling chamber that directs the heated exhaust received in the interior volume out of the interior volume,
- wherein the evaporation tank further comprises a baffle positioned opposite the nozzle such that a flow of evaporated water from the boiling chamber through the nozzle impinges on the baffle,
- wherein the baffle comprises a first wall portion and a second wall portion that meet at a vertex, wherein the vertex is vertically aligned with the nozzle, wherein the first wall portion comprises a first angled surface that faces the nozzle and is pitched away from the nozzle, and wherein the second wall portion comprises a second angled surface that faces the nozzle and is pitched away the nozzle.
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A water evaporation system, comprising:
- a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- an air compressor;
- a burner in fluidic communication with the air compressor;
- a rotatable shaft;
- and
- an exhaust outlet in communication with the burner configured to receive heated air from the burner;
- and
- an evaporation tank, comprising:
- an exhaust inlet in communication with the exhaust outlet of the gas turbine engine;
- a water supply system;
- and
- a boiling chamber in communication with the exhaust inlet, wherein the boiling chamber is configured to receive water from the water supply system and direct heated exhaust from the gas turbine engine directly onto the water to evaporate at least a portion of the water,
- wherein the boiling chamber comprises an interior volume in communication with the exhaust inlet and a nozzle extending longitudinally along the boiling chamber that directs the heated exhaust received in the interior volume out of the interior volume,
- wherein the evaporation tank further comprises a baffle positioned opposite the nozzle such that a flow of evaporated water from the boiling chamber through the nozzle impinges on the baffle,
- wherein the baffle comprises a first wall portion and a second wall portion that meet at a vertex, wherein the vertex is vertically aligned with the nozzle, and wherein the baffle comprises at least one window defined therein that is positioned above the vertex and configured to vent the flow of evaporated water toward an outlet of the evaporation tank.
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An evaporation tank for use with a gas turbine engine and a water supply system, the evaporation tank comprising:
- an exhaust inlet in communication with an exhaust outlet of the gas turbine engine;
- a boiling chamber in communication with the exhaust inlet, wherein the boiling chamber is configured to receive water from the water supply system and direct heated exhaust from the gas turbine engine directly onto the water to evaporate at least a portion of the water;
- a plurality of baffles configured to control a flow of evaporated water;
- and
- a plurality of nozzles configured to control the flow of evaporated water,
- wherein at least one of the nozzles is defined in a said baffle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.