US 8,756,825 B2 · Removing moistening liquid using heating-liquid barrier

Abstract

A method for removing a moistening liquid from a moistened medium includes providing a liquid-blocking barrier having a first surface and a second surface that is impermeable to a heating liquid. A surface of the moistened medium is brought into contact with the first surface of the liquid-blocking barrier. The heating liquid is brought into contact with the second surface of the liquid-blocking barrier, the heating liquid being at a temperature greater than a moistening-liquid boiling point. Heat is thus transferred through the liquid-blocking barrier from the heating liquid to the moistening liquid, vaporizing the moistening liquid and removing it from the moistened medium.

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Dependent claims

A method for removing a moistening liquid from a moistened medium, the moistening liquid having a moistening-liquid boiling point, comprising:

providing a liquid-blocking barrier having a first surface and a second surface that is impermeable to a heating liquid;
bringing a surface of the moistened medium into contact with the first surface of the liquid-blocking barrier
bringing the heating liquid into contact with the second surface of the liquid-blocking barrier, the heating liquid being at a temperature greater than the moistening-liquid boiling point, such that heat is transferred through the liquid-blocking barrier from the heating liquid to the moistening liquid, thereby vaporizing the moistening liquid and removing it from the moistened medium.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Removing moistening liquid using heating-liquid barrier

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Removing moistening liquid using heating-liquid barrier

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Abstract

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