Distillation Urine Recycling Systems and Methods
AssigneeLiquidBreaker, LLC
InventorsGiovanni Fima, Frank Landon
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Abstract
Systems and methods for processing wastewater into a flushing fluid are described, in which wastewater flows into a holding tank from one or more restroom fixtures. A vacuum distillator can be coupled to the holding tank, and a heater can be configured to heat at least a portion of the wastewater in the vacuum distillator to produce a vapor. The vapor can be condensed by a condenser fluidly coupled to the vacuum distillator to produce a distilled stream. The stream can either be fed into a tank or passed to one or more restroom fixtures.
Claims29
A system for processing wastewater into a flushing fluid for use in a restroom fixture, comprising:
- a holding tank that collects the wastewater;
- a vacuum distillator coupled to the holding tank;
- a heater configured to heat at least a portion of the wastewater in the vacuum distillator to produce a vapor;
- a condenser fluidly coupled to the vacuum distillator and configured to cool at least a portion of the vapor to produce a distilled stream;
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- a conduit that passes at least some of the distilled stream to the restroom fixture.
A distillation system for distilling wastewater, comprising:
- a holding tank that collects the wastewater;
- a vacuum distillator coupled to the holding tank;
- a first heat exchange circuit configured to heat at least a portion of the wastewater in the vacuum distillator to produce a vapor by heat exchange with a heat exchange medium;
- an eductor fluidly coupled to the vacuum distillator and configured to cool at least a portion of the vapor to produce a distilled stream;
- a conduit that passes at least some of the distilled stream to an accumulator tank;
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- wherein the heat exchange medium cools the distilled stream in the accumulator tank by heat exchange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.