Liquid treatment device and method
OwnerFrederick William Millarinventor
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Abstract
A distillation device for treating liquid to be purified comprising: a) a boiler having an upper chamber (1B) and a lower chamber (1A); b) a liquid delivery system (1) for delivering the liquid to the lower chamber (1A); c) a heater (14) to heat the lower chamber (1A) to a predetermined temperature at which the liquid will be vaporized upon entering and/or contacting a surface of the lower chamber (1A); d) a vapor collector (9, 11) located in the upper chamber (1B) to receive and collect the vapor emanating from the lower chamber (1A); and e) a condenser (1C) in communication with the vapor collector (9, 11) to receive and condense that vapor into purified liquid.
Claims55
A distillation device for treating liquid to be purified comprising:
- a) a boiler having an upper chamber and a lower chamber;
- b) a liquid delivery system for delivering the liquid to the lower chamber;
- c) a heater to heat the lower chamber to a predetermined temperature at which the liquid will be vaporized upon entering and/or contacting a surface of the lower chamber;
- d) a vapor collector located in the upper chamber to receive and collect the vapor emanating from the lower chamber;
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- e) a condenser in communication with the vapor collector to receive and condense that vapor into purified liquid.
A method of treating liquid to be purified in a boiler having an upper chamber and a lower chamber comprising the steps of:
- a) heating the lower chamber of the boiler to a predetermined temperature at which the liquid will be vaporized upon entering and/or contacting a surface of the lower chamber;
- b) delivering the liquid to the lower chamber;
- c) collecting in the upper chamber the vapor produced from the lower chamber;
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- d) condensing the collected vapor into purified liquid.
A liquid heating device comprising:
- a) a boiler having an upper chamber and a lower chamber;
- b) a water delivery system for delivering the liquid to the lower chamber,
- c) a heater to heat the lower chamber to a predetermined temperature at which the liquid will be vaporized upon entering and/or contacting a surface of the lower chamber;
- d) a vapor collector located in the upper chamber to receive and collect the vapor emanating from the lower chamber;
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- e) a condenser in communication with the vapor collector to receive and condense that vapor into liquid having a predetermined temperature.
A method of heating liquid in a boiler having an upper chamber and a lower chamber comprising the steps of:
- a) heating the lower chamber of the boiler to a predetermined temperature at which the liquid will be vaporized upon entering and/or contacting a surface of the lower chamber,
- b) delivering the liquid to the lower chamber;
- c) collecting in the upper chamber the vapor produced from the lower chamber;
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- d) condensing the collected vapor into liquid of a predetermined temperature.
A distillation device for treating liquid containing organisms comprising:
- a) a boiler having an upper chamber and a lower chamber;
- b) a liquid delivery system for delivering the liquid to the lower chamber;
- c) a heater to heat the lower chamber to a predetermined temperature at which the liquid will be vaporized the organisms substantially or entirely killed upon entering and/or contacting a surface of the lower chamber;
- d) a vapor collector located in the upper chamber to receive and collect the vapor emanating from the lower chamber;
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- e) a condenser in communication with the vapor collector to receive and condense that vapor into purified liquid.
A method of treating liquid containing organisms in a boiler having an upper chamber and a lower chamber comprising the steps of:
- a) heating the lower chamber of the boiler to a predetermined temperature at which the liquid will be vaporized and the organisms substantially or entirely killed upon entering and/or contacting a surface of the lower chamber;
- b) delivering the liquid to the lower chamber;
- c) collecting in the upper chamber the vapor produced from the lower chamber;
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- d) condensing the collected vapor into purified liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.