High temperature portable distillation apparatus
OwnerNorman W. Campbellinventor
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Abstract
A distillation apparatus for purifying water comprising a raw water holding chamber, a boiling chamber and a steam heating chamber, configured to allow a two-phase water purification, namely a first phase in which raw water is boiled in the boiling chamber to convert it into steam and a second phase in which the steam is superheated in the steam heating chamber to a temperature level that is at least twice the water boiling point and substantially equal to the temperature level of a heat source applied to the steam heating chamber, such that substantially all living matter from the steam is killed.
Claims17
A distillation apparatus for purifying water comprising three vertically stacked sections, namely a top section for receiving and holding raw water, a middle section for boiling raw water received from the top section and a bottom section for increasing the temperature of steam collected from the middle section to a level substantially equal to the temperature level of a heat source applied to the bottom section, a tube configured to collect the steam from the middle section through a steam inlet, transport the steam through the bottom section for the temperature increase, then transport the steam back into the middle section for a flash heat exchange and further into the top section holding the raw water for further heat exchange causing condensation of the steam, and a fill assembly for controlled release of raw water from the top section into the middle section, the fill assembly comprising a valve mounted into a bottom portion of the top section, which is normally closed to force steam from the middle section to enter the steam inlet, and which, when actuated by a user releases raw water into the middle section, and a bottom cone covering the steam inlet and mounted on a shaft such that to direct raw water released into the middle section away from the steam inlet, obstruct foam from entering the steam inlet and seal the steam inlet when actuated by the user.
A distillation apparatus for purifying water comprising a raw water holding chamber, a boiling chamber and a steam heating chamber, configured to allow a two-phase water purification, namely a first phase in which raw water is boiled in the boiling chamber to convert it into steam and a second phase in which the steam is superheated in the steam heating chamber to a temperature level that is at least twice the water boiling point and substantially equal to the temperature level of a heat source applied to the steam heating chamber, such that substantially all living matter from the steam is killed.
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