公开(公告)号：US20040140270A1

公开(公告)日：2004-07-22

申请号：US10349002

申请日：2003-01-21

发明人： Philip Andrew Simmons

IPC分类号： B01D035/18

CPC分类号： B01D5/006 ,  B01D3/42 ,  B01D5/0072 ,  C02F1/02 ,  C02F1/04 ,  C02F1/28 ,  C02F2209/02 ,  C02F2209/03 ,  C02F2209/42 ,  C02F2303/04

摘要： A method and apparatus for purifying water by employing steam generated by heating water in a lower section of a container to heat water in an upper section of the container. The lower section is separated from the upper section by a filter. A pressure differential is created across the filter such that a portion of the steam forms a steam pocket below the filter and the remaining portion passes through the filter to heat the water in the upper section. A microprocessor control system is operable to control heating of the water in the lower section and withdrawal of purified water from the upper section to maintain the size of the steam pocket between upper and lower limits.

摘要翻译： 通过使用通过在容器的下部加热水而产生的蒸汽来对水进行净化以加热容器的上部的水的方法和装置。 下部通过过滤器与上部分离。 跨越过滤器产生压差，使得蒸汽的一部分在过滤器下方形成蒸汽口，其余部分通过过滤器以加热上部的水。 微处理器控制系统可操作以控制下部区域中的水的加热并且从上部区域排出净化水以将蒸汽口袋的尺寸保持在上限和下限之间。

公开(公告)号：US06582563B1

公开(公告)日：2003-06-24

申请号：US09670758

申请日：2000-09-27

申请人： Tyler L. Adam ,  Robert W. Haney

发明人： Tyler L. Adam ,  Robert W. Haney

IPC分类号： B01D302

CPC分类号： C02F9/005 ,  B01D3/42 ,  B01D5/0072 ,  C02F1/008 ,  C02F1/02 ,  C02F1/04 ,  C02F1/18 ,  C02F1/32 ,  Y10S203/19 ,  Y10T137/7303 ,  Y10T137/731 ,  Y10T137/7413 ,  Y10T137/86276

摘要： An improved portable water purification system with reduced leaks and the capability of automatic draining of its boiling tank, as well as to a method of preventing water spillage from a portable water purification system and a method of draining a boiling tank of a portable water purification system. The system includes a control tank that is connected to a water supply, a boiling tank that is connected to the control tank for boiling water, a condenser that is connected to the boiling tank for receiving steam from the boiling tank and for condensing the steam to form distilled water, and a distilled water tank that is connected to the condenser for collecting distilled water from the condenser. An inlet solenoid control valve is disposed between the water supply and the control tank, with the inlet solenoid control valve controlling flow of water to the control tank. The system further includes a UV light sanitizer, leak prevention and leak detection features, and a mechanism for detecting water quality.

摘要翻译： 一种改进的便携式水净化系统，具有泄漏减少和其沸腾槽自动排水的能力，以及防止便携式水净化系统的水溢出的方法以及排出便携式水净化系统的沸腾罐的方法 。 该系统包括与供水连接的控制箱，连接到用于沸水的控制箱的沸腾罐，冷凝器，其连接到沸腾罐，用于从沸水池接收蒸汽并将蒸汽冷凝至 形成蒸馏水，以及蒸馏水罐，其与冷凝器连接以从冷凝器收集蒸馏水。 进水螺线管控制阀设置在供水和控制箱之间，入口电磁控制阀控制水流到控制箱。 该系统还包括UV光消毒器，防漏泄漏检测特征以及检测水质的机构。

公开(公告)号：US20030106333A1

公开(公告)日：2003-06-12

申请号：US10221858

申请日：2002-12-30

发明人： Yasunobu Kawakami ,  Tsutomu Takahashi ,  Hiroyoshi Taniguchi ,  Hiroyuki Niikura ,  Kiyoshi Katahira

IPC分类号： F28F009/02 ,  F25B039/04

CPC分类号： B01D5/0072 ,  B01D5/0012 ,  B01D5/009 ,  F28B1/06 ,  F28B9/04 ,  F28F19/01

摘要： A condenser is provided that makes a liquid droplet of a liquid phase medium drop effectively, the liquid phase medium residing in a lower end opening of a medium passage of the condenser, thereby preventing any degradation in the performance of the condenser. In the condenser, vapor, which is supplied to a cooling pipe (14) connected to cooling fins (16), is cooled, condensed into water, and recovered in a water-collecting tray (21) provided beneath the cooling pipe (14), and a needle-shaped member (24) provided so as to face the lower end opening of the cooling pipe (14) ruptures the droplet that, due to surface tension, resides in the lower end opening of the cooling pipe (14) and makes it drop into the water-collecting tray (21). A plate-form filter can be used instead of the needle-shaped member (24), and in this case not only can the droplet be made to drop from the lower end opening of the cooling pipe (14) more effectively due to the capillary action of the filter, but also dust contained in the water can be removed.

摘要翻译： 提供冷凝器，其使得液相介质的液滴有效地下降，液相介质位于冷凝器的介质通道的下端开口中，从而防止冷凝器性能的任何降低。 在冷凝器中，供给到与冷却翅片（16）连接的冷却管（14）的蒸气被冷却，冷凝成水，并回收到设置在冷却管（14）下方的集水盘（21）中， ，并且设置成面对冷却管（14）的下端开口的针状部件（24）破裂由于表面张力而存在于冷却管（14）的下端开口部的液滴，以及 使其落入集水盘（21）中。 可以使用板状过滤器代替针状部件（24），在这种情况下，不仅可以使毛细管从冷却管（14）的下端开口落下，而且由于毛细管 过滤器的作用，也可以除去水中含有的灰尘。

公开(公告)号：US20020092762A1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-18

申请号：US09765475

申请日：2001-01-18

发明人： William H. Zebuhr

IPC分类号： B01D001/20 ,  B01D003/00

CPC分类号： B01D5/0069 ,  B01D1/28 ,  B01D3/08 ,  B01D5/0072

摘要： A distillation unit (10) includes a filter (116) through which feed water passes before it is introduced into a rotary heat exchanger (32) for evaporation and subsequent condensation. During a normal mode of operation, liquid that has not evaporated as a result of passage through the rotary heat exchanger's evaporation chambers (56) is recirculated for reintroduction into those chambers, together with a minor amount of feed liquid from the filter to make up for evaporation. At the same time, some filtered feed water is fed into one side of a transfer pump (166), where it slowly accumulates. Periodically, though, during short flushing-mode periods, the erstwhile recirculating liquid is redirected at a relatively high flow rate through the filter (116) in the reverse direction, thereby flushing it. In flowing rapidly from the filter, it also rushes into the other side of the transfer pump (166), forcing the feed liquid that had accumulated in it to take the place of the recirculating liquid as the major constituent of the liquid sprayed into the evaporation chambers. This periodic flushing reduces particulate loading in the filter.

摘要翻译： 蒸馏单元（10）包括过滤器（116），在被引入到旋转式热交换器（32）中之前，给水通过该过滤器，用于蒸发和随后的冷凝。 在通常的操作模式中，由于通过旋转热交换器的蒸发室（56）而没有蒸发的液体被再循环以再次引入到这些室中，以及少量的来自过滤器的进料液体以弥补 蒸发。 同时，一些过滤的进料水被送入转移泵（166）的一侧，其中它缓慢地积聚。 然而，周期性地，在短时间冲洗模式期间，先前的再循环液体以相对较高的流速通过过滤器（116）反向重新定向，从而将其冲洗。 在过滤器中快速流动时，它还冲入输送泵166的另一侧，迫使积聚在其中的进料液体代替再循环液体，作为喷入蒸发器中的液体的主要成分 房间。 这种周期性冲洗减少了过滤器中的颗粒负载。

公开(公告)号：US20020092759A1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-18

申请号：US09765263

申请日：2001-01-18

发明人： William H. Zebuhr

IPC分类号： B01D001/26 ,  B01D003/00

CPC分类号： B01D5/0069 ,  B01D1/2887 ,  B01D3/08 ,  B01D5/0072 ,  Y10S203/08 ,  Y10S203/11

摘要： A distillation unit (10) employs a rotary heat exchanger (32) forming a multiplicity of evaporation chambers (56) into which a liquid to be purified is sprayed for evaporation. Spray arms (58) spray at a steady rate into all of the evaporation chambers (56) simultaneously but not at a rate that is adequate to maintain the wetting required for efficient transfer of heat to the liquid. A scanning sprayer (140) supplements this steady spray with spray from nozzles (142 and 144) into only a few of the evaporation chambers at a time, visiting all of them cyclically. The overall rate of spray from the two sources thus combined to spray the chamber cyclically maintains proper wetting even though on average it is lower than the rate that would be required of a constant-rate spray into all of the evaporation chambers.

摘要翻译： 蒸馏单元（10）使用形成多个蒸发室（56）的旋转热交换器（32），待蒸发的液体被喷射到该蒸发室中。 喷雾臂（58）以稳定的速率同时喷射到所有的蒸发室（56）中，但不以足以保持有效地将热量传递到液体所需的润湿的速率。 扫描喷雾器（140）通过喷嘴（142和144）的喷雾补充这种稳定的喷雾，一次只能进入几个蒸发室，循环访问它们。 因此，从两个来源组合的喷雾总速率循环地喷雾室保持适当的润湿，即使它平均低于恒定速率喷雾到所有蒸发室中所需的速率。

公开(公告)号：US20020092757A1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-18

申请号：US09764707

申请日：2001-01-18

发明人： William H. Zebuhr

IPC分类号： B01D003/08

CPC分类号： B01D3/08 ,  B01D1/2887 ,  B01D5/0069 ,  B01D5/0072 ,  Y10S159/08 ,  Y10S203/19

摘要： A distiller (10) that employs a rotary heat exchanger (32) introduces water to be evaporated into evaporation chambers (56). During most of its operation, it collects the water that has passed through the evaporation chamber (56) without evaporating, and it reintroduces the thus-collected liquid back into the evaporation chamber, where it also adds a minor amount of unrecirculated feed liquid to make up for evaporation and concentrate removal. Simultaneously, a minor amount of feed liquid is fed into one side of a transfer pump (116). During this mode of operation, the impurities concentration in the recirculating liquid tends to increase as a result of the evaporation of pure water vapor. Periodically, the erstwhile recirculating liquid is redirected to the other side of the transfer pump (116), where it causes the feed liquid stored in the transfer pump's first side to be fed without accompanying recirculant liquid into the rotary heat exchanger's evaporation chambers. After a short time, the normal flow is restored, and the liquid from the rotary heat exchanger that had been redirected into the transfer pump's other side is discharged slowly as distiller concentrate. The resultant impurities concentration in the concentrate output can be as much as nearly twice the average impurities concentration experienced by the heat exchanger's evaporation-chamber surfaces.

摘要翻译： 采用旋转热交换器（32）的蒸馏器（10）将要蒸发的水引入蒸发室（56）。 在其大部分操作过程中，它收集已经通过蒸发室（56）的水而没有蒸发，并且将如此收集的液体重新引入蒸发室中，在此蒸发室中还加入少量未循环的进料液体 用于蒸发和浓缩物去除。 同时，少量进料液体被输送到输送泵（116）的一侧。 在这种操作模式下，由于纯水蒸汽的蒸发，再循环液中的杂质浓度趋于增加。 周期性地，以前的再循环液体被重定向到转移泵（116）的另一侧，其中使得存储在转移泵的第一侧中的进料液体不进入循环热交换器的蒸发室中。 短时间后，恢复正常流量，来自旋转热交换器的被重新定向到输送泵的另一侧的液体作为蒸馏器浓缩而缓慢排出。 浓缩物输出中产生的杂质浓度可高达热交换器蒸发室表面经历的平均杂质浓度的近两倍。

公开(公告)号：US20020038555A1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-04

申请号：US10002582

申请日：2001-11-30

发明人： William H. Zebuhr

IPC分类号： C02F001/04 ,  F04B025/00

CPC分类号： B01D5/0069 ,  B01D1/2887 ,  B01D3/08 ,  B01D5/0072 ,  F04B3/00 ,  F04B9/025 ,  F04B9/042 ,  F04B25/005 ,  F04B27/1054 ,  F04B35/01

摘要： A vapor-compression distiller includes a rotary heat exchanger. A reciprocating compressor (26) maintains a pressure difference between the compressor's evaporation chambers (46) and its condensation chambers (44). The compressor is assembled in a common rotating assembly with the compressor, so the distiller does not need rotating seals between the compressor and heat exchanger. The compressor includes two pistons (56 and 58) driven in opposite directions in a rotating piston chamber (54). The directions in which they thereby reciprocate are substantially parallel to the rotating assembly's axis.

摘要翻译： 蒸气压缩蒸馏器包括旋转式热交换器。 往复式压缩机（26）保持压缩机的蒸发室（46）与其冷凝室（44）之间的压力差。 压缩机与压缩机组装在共同的旋转组件中，因此蒸馏器不需要压缩机和热交换器之间的旋转密封。 压缩机包括在旋转活塞室（54）中以相反方向驱动的两个活塞（56和58）。 它们因此往复运动的方向基本上平行于旋转组件的轴线。

公开(公告)号：US06182453B2

公开(公告)日：2001-02-06

申请号：US09544407

申请日：2000-04-06

申请人： Francis C. Forsberg

发明人： Francis C. Forsberg

IPC分类号： F25B4900

CPC分类号： C02F9/005 ,  B01D5/0072 ,  C02F1/001 ,  C02F1/008 ,  C02F1/283 ,  C02F1/32 ,  C02F1/36 ,  C02F9/00 ,  C02F2201/009 ,  C02F2209/008 ,  C02F2209/02 ,  C02F2209/40 ,  C02F2209/42 ,  E03B3/28 ,  Y02A20/109 ,  Y02A20/211 ,  Y02A20/212 ,  Y02A20/214 ,  Y02A50/235 ,  Y02W10/37

摘要： A portable, potable-water generator for producing high-purity liquid water by condensation of dew from ambient air. The generator employs an air filter to remove particulates and aerosols from the incoming air. An enclosed heat absorber cools the filtered air to its dew point and collects droplets of condensate into a combined condensate collector and storage reservoir. Before discharge, the collected dew is treated in a bacteriostat loop to destroy adventitious living organisms and to filter out undesirable and dangerous contaminants. A recirculation loop provides the ability to recirculate stored condensate during periods of inactivity. Further, quick disconnect fittings and variable length flexible tubing allows use of the invention to serve remote dispensers and/or appliances and allows use of municipal water treated through the apparatus in low condensate situations. All the subsystems are fail safe-interlocked to disable the generator immediately and prevent delivery of water if any one of them stops functioning within predetermined safe limits.

摘要翻译： 便携式饮用水发生器，用于通过从环境空气中的露水冷凝来生产高纯度液态水。 发电机采用空气过滤器从进入的空气中除去微粒和气溶胶。 封闭的吸热器将过滤的空气冷却至其露点，并将冷凝液的液滴收集到组合的冷凝物收集器和储存容器中。 在排放前，收集的露水在抑菌环中进行处理以摧毁不定生物，并过滤不需要的和危险的污染物。 循环回路提供了在不活动期间再循环储存的冷凝水的能力。 此外，快速拆卸配件和可变长度的柔性管道允许使用本发明来服务远程分配器和/或设备，并且允许使用在低冷凝情况下通过设备处理的市政水。 所有的子系统都能够安全地互相联锁，以便立即禁用发电机，如果任何一个在预定的安全限度内停止工作，则防止水分输送。

公开(公告)号：US5669221A

公开(公告)日：1997-09-23

申请号：US629305

申请日：1996-04-08

申请人： Terry L. LeBleu ,  Francis C. Forsberg

发明人： Terry L. LeBleu ,  Francis C. Forsberg

IPC分类号： B01D5/00 ,  C02F1/00 ,  C02F1/28 ,  C02F1/32 ,  C02F1/36 ,  C02F1/78 ,  C02F9/00 ,  E03B3/28 ,  F25D17/06

CPC分类号： C02F9/005 ,  B01D5/0072 ,  C02F1/008 ,  E03B3/28 ,  C02F1/283 ,  C02F1/32 ,  C02F1/36 ,  C02F1/78 ,  C02F2201/009 ,  C02F2209/008 ,  C02F2209/02 ,  C02F2209/40 ,  C02F2209/42 ,  C02F9/00 ,  Y02W10/37

摘要： A portable, potable-water generator for producing high-purity liquid water by condensation of dew from ambient air. The generator employs filtration subsystems to remove particulates and aerosols from the incoming air. An enclosed heat absorber cools the filtered air to its dew point and collects droplets of condensate into a closed system. The collected dew is further continually treated in a bacteriostat loop to destroy adventitious living organisms and to filter out undesirable and dangerous contaminants. All the subsystems are failsafe-interlocked to disable the generator immediately and prevent delivery of water if any one of them stops functioning within predetermined safe limits.

摘要翻译： 便携式饮用水发生器，用于通过从环境空气中的露水冷凝来生产高纯度液态水。 发电机使用过滤子系统从进入的空气中除去微粒和气溶胶。 封闭的吸收器将过滤的空气冷却至其露点，并将冷凝液液滴收集到封闭系统中。 收集的露水在抑菌环中进一步连续处理，以摧毁不定活的生物体并过滤不需要的和危险的污染物。 所有子系统都是故障安全联锁的，以便立即禁用发电机，如果其中任何一个在预定的安全限度内停止工作，则可防止水的输送。

公开(公告)号：US4940134A

公开(公告)日：1990-07-10

申请号：US271383

申请日：1988-11-14

申请人： Syozo Aoki ,  Satoru Kuse ,  Shigeharu Koboshi

发明人： Syozo Aoki ,  Satoru Kuse ,  Shigeharu Koboshi

IPC分类号： G03C5/00 ,  B01D1/00 ,  B01D1/14 ,  B01D3/08 ,  B01D5/00 ,  B01D53/38 ,  B01D53/74 ,  C02F1/04 ,  C02F1/10 ,  G03C7/30 ,  G03C7/44 ,  G03D13/00

CPC分类号： B01D1/0076 ,  B01D1/0017 ,  B01D1/0094 ,  B01D1/14 ,  B01D3/08 ,  B01D5/0072 ,  C02F1/042 ,  C02F1/048 ,  C02F1/10 ,  G03C7/44

摘要： An apparatus for treating a waste solution generated when a photosensitive material is processed by an automatic developing machine includes a waste solution reservoir which is maintained at a constant level. A drum, partially immersed in the waste solution, is rotated to coat its surface. The drum is heated to produce a waste vapor. The waste vapor is condensed by a condenser and filtered and solid wastes are scraped from the surface of the drum. The condenser has a drain tank for collecting condensate and a non-condensable gas component. The interior of the drain tank is sealed to form an air tight seal and has a vent for exhausting the non-condensable gas component from the interior portion to the outside. The air vent includes an absorption tower to treat the non-condensable gas component.

摘要翻译： 用于处理由感光材料由自动显影机加工时产生的废溶液的设备包括维持在恒定水平的废液储存器。 部分浸在废液中的滚筒旋转以涂覆其表面。 鼓被加热以产生废蒸气。 废蒸汽由冷凝器冷凝并过滤，固体废物从滚筒的表面刮下。 冷凝器具有用于收集冷凝物和不可冷凝气体组分的排水槽。 排水罐的内部被密封以形成气密密封，并且具有用于将不可冷凝气体组分从内部部分排出到外部的排气口。 排气孔包括用于处理不可冷凝气体组分的吸收塔。