Water desalinization systems
AssigneeSatish Mahna
InventorSatish Mahna
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Abstract
A water purifying and desalination system includes solar concentrators that receive a sunlight and direct the sunlight toward many locations. Heat collection elements positioned at the of locations absorb and convert a solar radiation into thermal energy. Some of heat collection elements include perforations to facilitate a state change in a heat-transfer fluid having a high salinity. A condenser condenses a portion of the heat-transfer fluid using a portion of the heat-transfer fluid as its coolant.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- receive a sunlight from a plurality of solar concentrators and directing the sunlight toward a plurality of locations by bending a plurality of rays of the sunlight and focusing the plurality of rays of the sunlight onto the plurality of locations;
- receiving the plurality of rays of the sunlight at a plurality of heat collection elements positioned at the plurality of locations having a physical surface configured to absorb and convert a solar radiation at a plurality of wavelengths below three one-millionth of a meter into a thermal energy;
- inducing a state change in a heat-transfer fluid having a salinity of about three and one-half percent through the heat collection elements;
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- condensing a portion of the heat-transfer fluid from a gaseous state to a liquid state through a condenser by using a portion of the heat-transfer fluid as a coolant;
- where the plurality of heat collection elements is partially enclosed by the plurality of solar concentrators;
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- where at least one of the heat collection elements include a plurality of parabolic chambers that are continuous with a length of the at least one of the heat collection elements, the plurality of parabolic chambers formed by a concave barrier adjacent to and facing a convex barrier each having plurality of perforations along the length of the at least one of the heat collection elements;
- the concave barrier and the convex barrier having curvatures that induce a flow turbulence through the at least one of the heat collection elements that causes a condensation that facilitate a transfer of a dry steam to the condenser.
The method of claim 12 where at least one of the heat collection elements comprises an antireflective material having a thickness that captures about nine-eight percent of the solar radiation.
A method comprising:
- receive a sunlight from a plurality of solar concentrators and directing the sunlight toward a plurality of locations by bending a plurality of rays of the sunlight and focusing the plurality of rays of the sunlight onto the plurality of locations;
- receiving the plurality of rays of the sunlight at a plurality of heat collection elements positioned at the plurality of locations having a physical surface configured to absorb and convert a solar radiation at a plurality of wavelengths;
- inducing a state change in a heat-transfer fluid having a salinity of about three and one-half percent through the heat collection elements;
- and
- condensing a portion of the heat-transfer fluid from a gaseous state to a liquid state through a condenser by using a portion of the heat-transfer fluid as a coolant;
- where the plurality of heat collection elements is partially enclosed by the plurality of solar concentrators;
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- where at least one of the heat collection elements include a plurality of parabolic chambers that are continuous with a length of the at least one of the heat collection elements, the plurality of parabolic chambers formed by a concave barrier adjacent to and facing a convex barrier each having plurality of perforations along the length of the at least one of the heat collection elements;
- the concave barrier and the convex barrier having curvatures that induce a flow turbulence through the at least one of the heat collection elements that causes a condensation that facilitate a transfer of a dry steam to the condenser.
A method comprising:
- receive a sunlight from a plurality of solar concentrators and directing the sunlight toward a plurality of locations by bending a plurality of rays of the sunlight and focusing the plurality of rays of the sunlight onto the plurality of locations;
- receiving the plurality of rays of the sunlight at a plurality of heat collection elements positioned at the plurality of locations having a physical surface configured to absorb and convert a solar radiation at a plurality of wavelengths;
- inducing a state change in a heat-transfer fluid having a salinity through the heat collection elements;
- and
- condensing a portion of the heat-transfer fluid from a gaseous state to a liquid state through a condenser by using a portion of the heat-transfer fluid as a coolant;
- where the plurality of heat collection elements are partially enclosed by the plurality of solar concentrators;
- and
- where at least one of the heat collection elements include a plurality of parabolic chambers that are continuous with a length of the at least one of the heat collection elements, the plurality of parabolic chambers formed by a concave barrier adjacent to and facing a convex barrier each having plurality of perforations along the length of the at least one of the heat collection elements;
- the concave barrier and the convex barrier having curvatures that induce a flow turbulence through the at least one of the heat collection elements that causes a condensation that facilitate a transfer of a dry steam to the condenser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.