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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7981254 | Heat pump system, operation procedure therefor and evaporator system In a heat pump system including a water purifier and an evaporator for evaporating feed-water to produce steam, water used for spray cooling is effectively used and productivity of purified water used for the spray cooling is increased. Discharged water from the wat... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7892403 | Handling device and producing system of easy-to-polymerize compound A condenser includes: a top face of a tube plate on which acrylic acid may be condensed inside the condenser; a spray for spreading a polymerization inhibitor on the tube plate; a first polymerization inhibitor supply tube for supplying the polymerization inhibitor ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7749360 | Vapor based liquid purification system and process A vapor based liquid purification system and process utilizes an evaporator for evaporating a liquid into a vapor and a vapor condenser for condensing the vapor into the processed liquid. The vapor condenser has a stator and a rotor, with the rotor disposed for rota... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7553396 | Pressure desalination A system for generating purified water from polluted water which includes an entry chamber communicating with a source of polluted water, a pump for delivering water vapor from the entry chamber to the vapor chamber, and a passageway for delivering condensed water f... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7470349 | Pressure desalination A device for delivering purified water from a reservoir of salt water including a vapor tube supported concentrically inside a barrier tube The vapor tube has apertures that provide a passage of purified condensate from interior of the purified waste to the space be... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7470348 | Separator for producing aromatic carboxylic acids A separation system has a distillation column, an overhead vapor supply pipe connected to the top of the distillation column, first and second branch pipes branching from the overhead vapor supply pipe and a superheater connected to the first branch pipe. A separato... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7427336 | Blade heat exchanger A blade heat exchanger includes blades that extend axially with respect to an axis of rotation and are elongated in the radial direction. The blades are arranged about the axis such that, when they are disposed in a housing, they form composite condensation and evap... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7368039 | Distiller employing cyclical evaporation-surface wetting 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 evapor... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357849 | Method and system for separating solids from liquids A method and system for treating feedwater includes evaporating a portion of the feedwater in a first evaporation chamber so as to separate water vapor from the remaining feedwater. Droplets of the remaining feedwater are dispersed into a stream of hot air produced ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7334432 | Desalinating process A desalinating process is disclosed. The process comprises freezing sea water as ice of sea water, exerting an external force on the ice of sea water to separate salt therefrom for converting the ice of sea water into ice of fresh water, storing the salt and the ice... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7291250 | Vacuum distillation system and use thereof for concentrating organic-aqueous solvent mixtures The present invention relates to a vacuum distillation plant and a process for concentrating organic aqueous solutions, especially spissum extracts, using said plant. The vacuum distillation plant of the invention comprises a flash evaporator, a means for vapor conc... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284599 | Heat exchanger Element for heat exchanging between fluids, where the flowing canals for the fluids are formed of slits on either side of a thin, folded sheet material (1), and that the ratio between the slit width (24) of the canals and depths (25) in the slit... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276138 | Vapor generating and recovery apparatus A vapor generating and recovery apparatus including a housing having an open top, a closed bottom and a plurality of sidewalls therebetween defining a boiling sump with a treating solution therein. The housing is further provided with at least one heating coil and a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267747 | Plant and method for vacuum distillation of hydrocarbon liquids A vacuum distillation system and method utilizing a low capacity vacuum producing ejector operated in parallel with a primary ejector during the Winter months enables significant reduction in the absolute pressure of a vacuum distillation column. Operation of a vacu... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258767 | Solar dew tube The invention pertains to a device for the condensation of water from an aqueous liquid by using a temperature gradient, which device includes: (a) a vapor chamber that can be brought in contact with a condensation compartment wher... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253314 | Method for refining easily polymerizable matter-containing substance and apparatus therefor A method for refining an easily polymerizable matter while preventing an easily polymerizable matter-containing substance from being polymerized and an apparatus for use in the method are disclosed. The method and apparatus for refining and separating the easily pol... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7225620 | Diffusion driven water purification apparatus and process An apparatus for purifying water, such as for desalinization, includes a source of a heated air stream, the heated air stream having a temperature above an ambient temperature. A diffusion tower having high surface area material therein receives a water stream inclu... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226063 | All-terrain board An all-terrain board comprises an elongate deck structure 10 having an upper surface on which front and rear axle assemblies 13,14 are mounted, such that the deck structure 10 extends under the axis of wheel rotation. The rear end 12 of t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7153396 | Rotating evaporator with process-dependent rotating speed regulation In a rotary evaporator, the rotating speed of the rotating flask is automatically controlled or regulated dependent upon a detected process value, particularly the vibration behavior or the mass moment of inertia of the rotating flask. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153395 | Systems and methods for solar distillation The present invention is directed to an improved solar powered distillation system and method. The solar powered still may have a membrane that is extruded, molded, or sprayed-on. The membrane may be installed in a lightweight basin as a liner resulting in improved ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7101463 | Condensation and recovery of oil from pyrolysis gas A system and process for the recovery of oil from the pyrolysis of material containing hydrocarbons such as shredded vehicle tires. The system utilizes a pair of sequentially positioned packed towers to recover at least 95% of the oil contained in the pyrolysis gase... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7087157 | Multi-phase separation system A multi-phase separation system utilized to remove contaminants from fluids includes a pre-filtering module for filtering a contaminated fluid to provide a filtered contaminated fluid. A condenser module receives the filtered contaminated fluid and a contaminated ga... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6966974 | Process for evaporating a solution and an evaporator for use in the process The invention relates to a method for evaporating a solution and an evaporator applied to it. The evaporator (1) has parallel plate heat exchanger elements (3) fitted inside a jacket (2), consisting of a flexible plastic film, for example, and a... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6953518 | Apparatus for concentrating a specific ingredient-dissolved liquid A specific ingredient-dissolved liquid condensing apparatus, comprising an upper tank, a lower tank provided under the upper tank, the upper tank being provided with a liquid-falling opening and a valve for falling a specific ingredient-dissolved liquid in the upper... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6911121 | Method and apparatus for simultaneous heat and mass transfer utilizing a carrier-gas The present application is directed to a continuous contacting apparatus for separating a liquid component from a liquid mixture. The apparatus comprises: (i) an evaporation chamber (15) having first and second ends, an inlet (50) and an outlet (55 | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908533 | Rotating heat exchanger An evaporator and condenser unit for use in distilling a liquid, such as water, includes a rotary heat exchanger plate having a plurality of folds or pleats. Adjacent panels of the folded plate define spaces between their oppositely facing surfaces, and these spaces... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6869502 | Method and apparatus for separating impurities from a liquid A liquid having certain undesired elements therein is distilled in a distillation column to form a vapor stream. This vapor stream is fed by means of an inert gas drive to a first container having an array of semi-permeable screens which are rotated at a speed of 3,... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6846387 | Rotating fluid evaporator and condenser An evaporator and condenser unit for use in distilling a liquid, such as water, includes a rotary heat exchanger plate having a plurality of accordion-style folds, and having its two ends joined together so as to give the folded plate a generally circular form. The ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6835287 | Apparatus, method for enrichment of the heavy isotope oxygen and production method for heavy oxygen water An apparatus comprising first to third columns, wherein the outlet of a first column reboiler and the inlet of a second column condenser are connected by a first introduction conduit, and the outlet of a second distillation column reboiler and the inlet of a third c... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6802941 | Distiller employing cyclical evaporation-surface wetting 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 evapor... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6695951 | Saline/sewage water reclamation system The present water reclamation system includes a series of concentric thin shells. The shells mount within a housing that can be maintained under vacuum or low pressure. The shells rotate at high velocity. Contaminated liquid from outside the housing is in... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6689251 | Cycled-concentration distiller 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 ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6641700 | Purifying apparatus possessing vapor dispersing device A purifying apparatus characterized by being equipped with a vapor dispersing device possessing in a vapor inlet part owned by the apparatus on the lateral inside thereof an opening part facing downward from the horizontal direction and a horizontal proje... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6616769 | Systems and methods for conditioning ultra high purity gas bulk containers A process and system for conditioning a bulk container for ultra-high purity liquefied gas. Vapor is generated in the container from a conditioning quantity of the ultra-high purity liquefied gas by imposing a temperature difference on the container so th... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6589395 | Distillation plant with a column and a heat pump The distillation plant comprises a column (1) and a heat pump (4, 5) which operates between a sump vaporizer (3) and an exhaust vapor compressor (2) of the column. The heat pump is substitutable by devices (6, 7) which can be switched to the sump vaporize... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6517686 | Apparatus for purification of electronic specialty gases by vapor phase transfilling A system and method for purifying liquefied corrosive gases of metallic impurities is described. The principle for this purification method relies on vapor-phase transfilling the vapor phase from a source container into a receiving container. This method ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6514406 | Water treatment apparatus A water treatment apparatus comprises a first housing having an inlet, an outlet, and a chamber defined therebetween wherein the inlet is connected to an upstream water pipe. A series of magnets are arranged for attachment about the upstream water pipe fo... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6436242 | Device and method for distilling water A water distiller has a sub-atmospheric boiler having a non-recirculating brine section, an input, a brine output and a vapor output. The input is for water to be distilled, the brine output for brine, and the vapor output for water vapor. A compressor is... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6402897 | Apparatus for distilling, heating and storing liquid A combination liquid distillation unit and heater, where the distilled liquid is heated to an elevated temperature to effect distillation, and then stored and maintained at an elevated temperature in a hot liquid tank. Thermal communication between the di... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6365006 | Method for distilling a mixture of substances and device for realizing the same The present invention pertains to the alcohol processing industry and relates to a method that includes feeding a mixture into a distillation column which is fitted with contact devices for discharging the vapors through the top of said column. This metho... | 04/02/2002 |
