Potable water distiller
AssigneeFreedom Water Company Ltd.
InventorsJonathan Ritchey, Richard Weisbeck
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Abstract
A distiller to be used for water purification, said distiller comprising a condenser, an evaporation pan, means for allowing heated air to enter below said pan and joining an airflow above the pan, and an evaporator for collecting water from the airflow The method for purifying water using this distiller is to draw airflow above the evaporation pan containing contaminated water, passing the airflow across a cooling element, into a heat pipe, through a condenser and through the evaporation pan Purified water is collected from the airflow when it is passed across the cooling element.
Claims25
A distiller for purifying water, comprising:
- (a) a condenser powered by an energy source;
- (b) an evaporation pan for holding contaminated water;
- (c) means for allowing heated air to enter said evaporation pan below said water, and entering an airflow above said evaporation pan;
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- (d) an evaporator for collecting water from said airflow.
An evaporator comprising:
- a) a housing for receiving airflow, said housing having an inner surface;
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- b) a cooling element, said cooling element positioned within said housing in a loop-like fashion from approximately a first end of said housing to approximately a second end of said housing.
A method of purifying water, comprising:
- (a) drawing airflow above an evaporation pan containing contaminated water
- (b) passing said airflow through a housing, said housing having an inner surface and a cooling element shaped in a looped snake like fashion within said housing;
- (c) passing said airflow along said cooling element to exit said housing;
- (d) passing said airflow into a heat pipe;
- (e) passing said airflow through a condenser;
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- (f) passing said air through said evaporation pan;
- wherein water is collected from said airflow as said airflow passes through said housing.
An evaporator, comprising:
- (a) a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet;
- (b) an ultraviolet light tube within said housing;
- (c) a cooling element shaped in a plurality of loops around said ultraviolet light;
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- wherein said housing encloses said ultraviolet light and said cooling element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.