Evaporation means and method
AssigneeTexaco Inc.
InventorDinh-Cuong Vuong
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Abstract
An evaporator, which includes a water chamber for receiving water to be evaporated. A plurality of evaporator tubes which when heated, and when water is on an inner wall of a tube, evaporates at least a portion of that water. A plurality of distributors spatially connecting the water chamber with the evaporator tubes in a manner so that each distributor uniformly and distributes the water from the water chamber to an inner wall of a corresponding evaporator tube. A heat source, which heats the plurality of tubes to an evaporation temperature. Apparatus distills the water vapor resulting from the water evaporation to provide distilled water.
Claims4
A distillation apparatus comprising:
- water means for receiving water to be distilled,
- means for evaporating water when heated comprising a plurality of tubes for providing a water vapor,
- a plurality of distributor means spatially related to the water means and to the plurality of tubes, each distributor means for uniformly distributing water from the water means to an inner wall of a corresponding tube, comprising a single molded body including:
- (i.) a first passing means portion perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the corresponding tube, having holes arranged in a pattern,
- (ii.) a second, cylindrical portion extending into the corresponding tube,
- (iii.) a third truncated conical portion having a conical angle with the longitudinal axis of the corresponding tube to direct the passed water from the passing means to move downward and outward, and
- (iv.) a fourth, disk shaped portion having a diameter perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the corresponding tube, sufficiently smaller than the diameter of the corresponding tube so as to direct water in a substantially horizontal direction to encounter the inner wall of the corresponding tube,
- heat means for heating the plurality of tubes to an evaporation temperature, and
- means for condensing the water vapor from the plurality of tubes to provide distilled water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.