Centrifugal distillation apparatus
OwnerArnold Ramslandinventor
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Abstract
The disclosed invention is an apparatus and process for the distillation of liquids. The apparatus is comprised of a plurality of vertically stacked parallel disks which are rotated in a horizontal plane. The liquid to be distilled is introduced into the center of the disk stack and migrates by centrifugal force as a thin film across the top surface of each disk. During migration, the more volatile portion evaporates from the top surface and condenses on the bottom surface of a top, neighboring disk. The apparatus is multiple-effect in that the heat evolved from condensation is transferred through the thin, heat-conducting disks to provide the heat necessary for vaporization.
Claims7
A centrifugal distillation apparatus comprising:
- a stationary outer collector having an axis;
- a rotatable coaxial inner distiller, said distiller having a central coaxial perforated portion with a distiller inlet and having a plurality of coaxial ring-shaped disks supported by the central portion;
- said disks having pairs of spaced opposite surfaces forming a plurality of radial passageways and each said pair of opposite surfaces including a first relatively smooth surface and a second relatively grooved surface, wherein the second relatively grooved surface has a plurality of radial grooves, wherein the central coaxial perforated portion comprises:
- a plurality of inner spacer rings alternately disposed between said plurality of ring-shaped disks;
- a bottom center disk;
- a top center disk;
- a plurality of rods extending through the ring-shaped disks and the inner spacer rings and the bottom center disk and the top center disk;
- said inner spacer rings having conduits for fluid flow into the passageways;
- and a filter cartridge coaxially disposed between the center disks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.