Patent ID: 6699369
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: B01D,Y02A,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for economically removing and collecting water from dissolved salts in an aqueous solation, said method comprising the steps of:supplying the aqueous solution to condenser tubing within a condenser; forcing a portion of the aqueous solution exiting the condenser only by hydraulic pressure through at least one non-pneumatic nozzle at a high pressure to produce droplets of aqueous solution; blowing a heated air stream through an evaporation chamber, said air stream being heated by waste heat; dispersing the droplets into the heated air stream; permitting water in the droplets to evaporate, thereby separating water vapor from salt crystals in the heated air stream; filtering the heated air stream to remove the salt therefrom; and cooling the heated air stream to condense the water vapor, wherein the aqueous solution absorbs heat from the heated air stream form said evaporation chamber and from the water vapor flowing from a filter to said condenser.