Patent ID: 6200428
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: B01D,C02F,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for treating wastewater comprising a vessel defining a wastewater heating chamber to receive wastewater from a wastewater supply; filling means for delivering wastewater to the heating chamber; means for heating the wastewater in the heating chamber to below the boiling point of water; means defining a vaporizing chamber; atomizer means for spraying the wastewater into and forming particles of the sprayed wastewater in the vaporizing chamber; heat duct means for transferring heat from the heating means to the vaporizing chamber for heating the vaporizing chamber to a temperature sufficient to convert the sprayed wastewater into water vapor; means for collecting contaminants deposited by the wastewater as it is vaporized; exhaust means for removing the water vapor from the vaporizing chamber; and circuit means including control switches for controlling the filling means, heating means, spraying means and exhaust means, the circuit means further including control panel means for displaying and adjusting operating parameters of the filling means, heating means, spraying means and exhaust means.