Patent ID: 9067152
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. An evaporation device, comprising: a container configured to hold an operable amount of a liquid; a first membrane having at least one of (a) multiple interstices configured to hold a portion of the liquid via capillary action and (b) a hydrophilic material, wherein the first membrane is movably coupled to the evaporation device such that when the operable amount of the liquid is disposed in the container, a first portion of the first membrane is configured to be disposed below a surface of the operable amount of the liquid in the container and such that a second portion of the first membrane is configured to be disposed above the surface of the liquid in the container and to be exposed to ambient air; and a motor that is operably connected to the first membrane such that the motor is configured to rotate the first membrane through the liquid in the container such that the first portion and the second portion of the first membrane are each moved through both the liquid in the container and the ambient air and such that a portion of the liquid in the container is carried by the first membrane above the surface of the liquid in the container to the ambient air such that an evaporable fluid in the portion of the liquid is able to evaporate into the ambient air.