Abstract:
A total water desalination system is disclosed that includes a centrifugal separator, a feed-water device controlled by a relative humidity sensor, an air pump, an evaporator core, an air dryer, a non-particulate coalescent air filter, and an air flow/brine gravity separating tank. The evaporator core typically contains multiple conical processing chambers and introduces a physical dynamic that increases the surface area of the water, using low-level thermal energy to vaporize micron-size water particles into a gaseous state, suitable for reconstitution into desalinated (or lower salt content) water. The evaporator core operation principles are based on creating a highly dynamic environment that separates impurities from sea, brackish, river, or turbid water; evaporating the water into a residual clean vapor, and returning the vapor to water composition with high efficiency.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/636,527, entitled “Compacted Air Flow Rapid Fluid Evaporation System,” filed Dec. 11, 2009, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
    
    
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a desalination system comprising a compact mechanical evaporator core integrated with a number of system components and an air input and discharge output. The device is designed to efficiently process salted, turbid, or silted water into desalinated and clean water. 
     DISCUSSION OF THE RELATED ART 
     Distillation of water is the oldest used method of desalination. Distillation uses relatively high temperatures (over the boiling point) to turn water into steam and recondenses the steam into water through cooling. The higher the purity of the water needed, the more distillation is required. Distillation operates on the principle of reducing the vapor pressure of the water within the distillation unit to permit boiling to occur at lower temperatures, without the use of additional heat. Distillation units routinely use designs that conserve as much thermal energy as possible by interchanging the heat of condensation and the heat of vaporization within the units. The major energy requirement in the distillation process is providing the heat for vaporization to the feed water. Maintenance costs are high because the distillation apparatus is metal and salt water causes corrosion. Additionally, distillation is inherently thermodynamically inefficient due to energy losses in the process. Therefore the per-unit cost of distilled water is high. 
     More recently, the primary method of desalinating water is accomplished through a process called reverse osmosis. Reverse osmosis uses a complex combination of membranes, filters, and high-pressure pumps that require pre-filtering. Reverse osmosis is negatively affected by chlorinated water or other chemicals and requires frequent and expensive maintenance. Reverse osmosis also suffers from membrane vulnerabilities that risk rupture or explosion. Typically, reverse osmosis is unable to desalinate turbid water, which exists near many inland waters and large shallow bodies of water. Some experts have stated that significant improvements would require a breakthrough in technology other than reverse osmosis. 
     Researchers have documented many disadvantages of reverse osmosis, including:
         The membranes are sensitive to abuse and deterioration.   The feed water usually needs to be pretreated to remove particulates (in order to prolong the life of the membrane).   There may be interruptions of service during stormy weather (which may increase particulate resuspension and the amount of suspended solids in the feed water) for processing plants that use seawater.   An extensive spare parts inventory must be maintained.   There is a risk of bacterial contamination of the membranes; while bacteria are retained in the brine stream, bacterial growth on the membrane itself can introduce tastes and odors into the water.       

     The inventor of the present application also invented a Medical Liquid Processor Apparatus and Method described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/337,770. This medical device does not relate to water desalination and is not intended to evaporate a liquid. The device disclosed therein includes a chamber back to an orifice gap that forms the high-speed air flow; a medication feed through the back wall of the chamber in the chamber axis; and a diffuser output nozzle passage. This device creates small particles of liquid medication for passage into the blood stream through the membrane in the lung alveoli. 
     There continues to be the need for a desalination system that can include a compact evaporator that addresses the deficiencies of the current state of the art. There is also a need for an evaporator that is more efficient, less costly, and a more effective alternative to those currently available. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The invention disclosed herein offers a desalination system that includes what can be considered a compacted air flow rapid fluid evaporation system. Compared to existing technologies, the present invention is simpler, requires less space, and is more efficient and cost effective to produce and operate. 
     Salt water enters the system through a large centrifugal separator or a Y strainer and then processes the salt water through an evaporator core that separates the salt and other impurities, forms a water vapor, and the vapor is ultimately reconstituted into desalinated (or lowered salt content) and clean water. 
     There are no filters used in the evaporator core. The evaporator core also has no moving parts, and only moves air and water throughout. 
     The evaporator core of the system works by directing dynamic air flow and precisely controlling the rate of the salt-water infusion. The air water mixture moves through multiple chambers within a plurality of processor assemblies of the evaporator core to achieve maximum vaporization efficiency with minimal salt content. 
     The system operates as a desalination system that includes the devices including a centrifugal separator or Y strainer, a feed water-metering device, a coalescent air filter, an air pump, an evaporator core, and a reconstituting air dryer; all connected with air and feed water tubing to produce desalinated and clean water. The coalescent air filter is not a particulate filter that requires maintenance but one that gathers vapor molecules and reconstitutes them into a liquid state. 
     The evaporator core of the present invention introduces a physical dynamic by using an expanding passage, such as one formed by conical walls, that increases the surface area of the water using low-level thermal energy to vaporize micron-size water particles into a gaseous state, suitable for reconstitution into clean water. At the same time, the core maintains a liquid brine flow that moves through the core toward its discharge outlet. 
     The evaporator core is based on creating a highly dynamic environment that is separating impurities from sea, brackish, river or turbid water, and evaporating the water into a residual clean vapor. The coalescent air filter and reconstituting air dryer then returns the water vapor to liquid water. 
     The evaporator core is more thermo-dynamically efficient, because the core focuses a higher percentage of the energy required to vaporize the water. The energy that vaporizes the water is both kinetic and low-level thermal energy. This energy is in direct contact with the liquid and mostly in the micron-size droplets within the dynamic airflow that minimizes the heat loss to the surrounding structure. These energies are concentrating on the micron-size particles and thereby more efficiently evaporate most of the feed water. Water saturation is maximized under these conditions with the purpose of achieving 100% relative humidity at the output temperature. 
     The evaporator core is fundamentally different from any type of reverse osmosis or distillation process. The evaporator core requires no pre-filtering. Rather just a centrifugal separator or Y strainer is used for removing large organic and inorganic objects. Also, chlorinated water or other chemicals do not negatively affect the evaporator core; and therefore chorine or other chemicals can be added as needed to prevent system obstructions due to organism growth along the water pipeline. The evaporator core is light, durable, and sustainable. These aspects all make the evaporator core more adaptable for alternative uses which are discussed below. 
     The evaporator core has multiple chambers and insertion points and is designed such that compressed air and water are infused and interact in a novel way, desalinating and purifying water efficiently. The evaporator core is expected to improve energy efficiency, reduce equipment space requirements and complexity, and minimize operations and maintenance downtime and cost. 
     There are many capabilities of the system over the existing state-of-the-art are many. The system requires minimal pre-processing that reduces the cost of maintenance. The system requires only a centrifugal separator or Y strainer with no filters thereby also reducing maintenance labor and costs. 
     Due to significantly lower pounds per square inch pressure requirements, the system has greater thermodynamic energy efficiency. The system also has lower sensitivity to turbid water conditions that achieve improved levels of desalinated water. 
     There are no exotic expensive materials used, as the evaporator core has been designed for construction with anti-corrosive salt resistant materials, such as 316-grade stainless steel or less expensive polymers. The system is chemically resistant, with no chlorine impact to the device as with reverse osmosis. No toxic chemicals are required, making the system environmentally safe. 
     Maintenance costs for the system are lower because the system is less complicated, has fewer parts, requires no pre-filtering, and has less downtime. The space requirements or geographical footprint is significantly lower as well as its weight. 
     The evaporator core is more scalable as the core allows for geometric progression, when compared to current reverse osmosis systems. That is, when the invention disclosed in this application, is geometrically doubled in physical size, the throughput or yield of desalinated water quadruples. 
     In the embodiment disclosed, pressured and dry air enters the evaporator core via an air pump. A volute entrance passage located in a rear casing brings air flow into the first of a plurality of processor assemblies. 
     The volute passage sets up a swirling air flow moving into the entrance of processor chamber. Air swirls down a conical passage of decreasing diameter with increasing velocity where the air enters the processing chamber reversing direction at almost 180 degrees where a storm-like activity forms vaporizing the injected liquid. This process is repeated through each of the next seven processor assemblies. 
     A violent air/water swirling storm-like process forms at the back wall of the processor chamber that turns the water into small droplets thereby increasing the surface area of the water. As this storm-like activity is formed within the mechanical device, the device operates to form a “mechanical storm”. This enables highly efficient separation of the salt from the water so as to form a desalinated vapor. 
     The evaporator core is typically shown and described herein with eight processor assemblies, however more or less numbers of processor assemblies can be used and could be potentially even be used with only one processor assembly. 
     Alternative embodiments are also possible such as where the processor assembly is modified for high volume air flow at low pressure for lower horsepower requirements. Other modifications include tangential cut passages leading to the nozzle and radial cut passages feeding the chamber gap. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The above and other objects and features of the present invention will be clearly understood from the following description with respect to the preferred embodiment thereof when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and diagrams, in which: 
         FIG. 1  illustrates a schematic overall view of a system for desalination of water according the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective view of the evaporator core assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of the evaporator core assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 4  is a cross sectional view of the evaporator core taken along line  4 - 4  of  FIG. 3  according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 5  is an angled view of the evaporator core front casing according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 6  is a front view of the evaporator core rear casing according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 7  is a perspective view of the evaporator core rear casing according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 8  is a perspective view of the evaporator core front casing according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 9  is a cross sectional detailed view of the evaporator core separator centrifuge shown in  FIG. 4  according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 10  is a cross sectional detailed view of the evaporator core separator output nozzle shown in  FIG. 4  according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 11  is a left side view of the evaporator core processor assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 12  is an external side view of the evaporator core processor assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 13  is a cross sectional view of the evaporator core processor assembly volute detail taken along line  13 - 13  of  FIG. 12  according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 14  is a side cross sectional view of the evaporator core processor assembly as shown in  FIG. 4  according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 15  is a side view of the evaporator core according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 16  is a cross sectional view of the evaporator core rear casing taken along line  16 - 16  in  FIG. 15  according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 17  is a cross sectional view of the evaporator core front casing taken along the line  17 - 17  in  FIG. 15  according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 18  is the perspective front view of the evaporator core according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 19  is an external perspective view of the evaporator core according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 20  is a perspective view with the front and rear casings removed according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 21  is a side view of an evaporator core processor assembly according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 22  is side cross sectional view of the evaporator core processor assembly according to an alternative embodiment the present invention. 
         FIG. 23  is a cross sectional view detailing radial cut apertures and tangential cut apertures of the core processor assembly according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 24  is a cross sectional view detailing the processor assembly within the core assembly showing the air input and the air output passages to the separator. 
         FIG. 25  is a cross sectional view detailing the processor assembly and the separator assembly within the core assembly showing the tangential transfer passage from the processor chamber to the separator chamber transfer passage. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Illustrative embodiments and aspects are described below. It will of course be appreciated that in the development of any such actual embodiment, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the specific goals of the developer, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints that will vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it will be appreciated that such a development effort might be complex and time-consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking for those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure. 
     Presently preferred embodiments of the invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art will understand that the drawings are diagrammatic and schematic representations of presently preferred embodiments, and should not limit the scope of the claimed invention. 
     According to  FIG. 1 , there are eight subsystems that make up the entire system. Initially, a centrifugal separator or Y strainer  110  is used to remove large organic and inorganic items such as fish, sticks, moss, roots, bark, and other debris. Following processing of the water in the centrifugal separator or Y strainer  110 , the water is fed to a salt water feed device  120 . The salt water feed device  120  is provided to inject precise amounts of the salt water at, varying speeds for optimum efficiency. Then a reconstituting air dryer  130  is used to reclaim water into a liquid from a gas for discharge of desalinated water  170 . 
     An air pump  140  functions as the prime mover of the system using compressed air to initiate the dynamic airflows within the evaporator core  200 , when mixed with precise amounts of salt water. Also, a coalescent air filter  150  can be used to remove water from the air lines and help take water liquification load off the reconstituting air dryer  130 . 
     An evaporator core  200  is provided after the air filter  150 . The evaporator core  200  is preferably made from commercially available grade  316  stainless steel, in this embodiment. 
     The evaporator core  200  is used to process water, as described herein. After the salt-feed water is completely processed through the evaporator core  200 , the brine is separated from the vapor in the separating gravity tank  160 , the liquid brine  165  is discharged, and the air/vapor flow  190  is returned to the main flow. 
     This system also includes a computer-controlled relative humidity sensor  180  that monitors the saturation of the air in a closed-loop computer system to adjust the rate of salt-feed water to maximize efficiency. Adjustment of the feed rate is made until the desired minimum liquidity of brine discharge is achieved. Each of these subsystem components can be connected with commercially available piping to transfer fluid and air within the system. 
       FIGS. 2-20  disclose the evaporator core  200  including a rear casing  202 , a front casing  246 , a plurality of scrubber centrifuge chamber to volute transfer passages  236 ,  267  and multiple processor assemblies  276  arranged in a radial fashion around a central axis, as best illustrated in  FIG. 20 , for space compactness with a final brine separator centrifuge  300  located in the center. 
     In this embodiment, the design is based on eight processor assemblies. According to  FIGS. 6-7 , in the rear casing  202 , pressurized air from the output of the external system air pump  140  according to  FIG. 1  enters the evaporator core  200  via one of two dry air input apertures  204 ,  248 . Either the rear casing dry air input aperture  204  or the front casing dry air input aperture  248  can be used for air flow. Additionally both dry air input apertures  204 ,  248  could be used. If only one dry air input aperture is used, the other is plugged with an alternative dry air input aperture plug  311 , according to  FIGS. 2-8 . The rear casing volute entrance passage  206  brings the air flow into the wide-end entrance of the processor chamber volute  286 . 
     The volutes  286  are formed by elements in the processor receptacle  284  and the front and rear casing processor pockets  208 ,  250 . The eccentric cylinder segment  287  portion of the processor receptacle  284  is eccentric to the main body of the processor receptacle  284  in order to form the hollow flow path of the volutes  286  in the cavity between that eccentric cylinder segment  287  and the concentric processor pockets  208 ,  250  in the rear casing  202  and the front casing  246 . 
     Air entering from the air pump  140  curls around the processor chamber volute  286 , flowing inward to the first of eight processor chamber air input gaps  282 , in this embodiment. These gaps are formed between the forward surface of the first of eight processor receptacles  284  and the first of eight processor chamber to scrubber chamber bulkheads  292 , and preferably form an integral part of the processor nozzle  290 . The bulkhead  292  is part of the processor nozzle  290  and held by the rear casing  202  and the front casing  246  so the processor nozzle  290  does not move. 
     The processor nozzle  290  and the processor receptacles  284  together comprise each of the processor assemblies  276 , according to  FIG. 14  in this embodiment. The eight processor assemblies  276  are housed in eight processor pockets  208 ,  250  according to  FIGS. 5-8 . Four processor pockets  208  are in the rear casing  202  and four processor pockets  250  are in the front casing  246 . The rear casing  202  includes the first  210 , third  212 , fifth  214 , and seventh  216  processor pockets. The front casing  246  includes the second  252 , fourth  254 , sixth  256 , and eighth  257 . The processor assemblies are positioned in the pockets of each casing  202 ,  246  with four C-clips  244 ,  274  each allow easy extraction of the receptacle from the respective pocket. The C-clips hold each processor receptacle  284  in position and keep the processor receptacle  284  from being blown out of the casing when under pressure. Four C-clips  244  are used in the rear casing  244  and four C-clips  274  are used in the front casing  274 . O-rings  288  seal the receptacle to prevent the fluid from leaking out. There are eight processor assemblies  276 , four in each casing, that are joined together in this embodiment with eight fasteners  240 ,  270  in a respective bolt circle openings  242 ,  272  to complete the assembly of the front casing  246  and the rear casing  202 . Other methods of securing the structure of the casings such as welding, gluing, flanging, or cementing are also possible. 
     According to  FIG. 1 , after the external salt water feed moves through a centrifugal separator or Y strainer  110  to separate large obstructive particles, the feed water reaches the salt water feed device  120 . The feed water-metering device then injects one-eighth of the salt-feed water to each of the eight processor assemblies  276  through the coaxial brine input injector  298  along the longitudinal center axis of each processor assembly  276  according to  FIG. 14 . 
     The coaxial brine input injector  298  is shown with a hose connection including a hose barb  312 , a feed-water hose  310 , and a hose-locking device  313 . The coaxial brine input injector  298  could also be attached with a flange, with an interference fit, by welding, or by cementing. 
     A swirling violent storm-like activity, also considered to be a mechanical storm, forms in the area from the first of the eight processor assembly chamber back walls  281  to the respective processor chamber  278 . This spacing between the flat chamber back wall surface  281  to nozzle orifice  294  forms a flow path gap and is a primary element that defines the function of the processor and creates the mechanical storm. It is necessary that the gap be calculated for the mechanical storm with a relationship between the orifice  294  to the chamber back wall  281  being preferably mathematically defined according to the following formula:
 
D πG w =(D/2) 2 π
 
Wherein:
         D=nozzle orifice diameter 294 in English units   G w =Gap width in English units       

     The relationship of the gap between the chamber back wall  281  and the nozzle orifice  294  receiving air from the increasingly descending conical swirling concentrating air flow as seen in  FIG. 14 , between respective flow path walls  316  and  317 , is what creates the mechanical storm that turns the salt-feed water into a fine vapor that tends to remain a vapor. 
     The salt water feed is transformed into a cloudy vapor in this process. The ambient heat of the compressed air or local waste heat evaporates the majority of the water, dropping out the salt and impurities into a liquid brine discharge coursing along through the system to the brine discharge port, according to  FIG. 4 . The local waste heat referred to above may be coming from external adjustment industrial heat sources, such as other pumps, engines, renewal energy sources including wind and solar, nuclear power sources, electrical power sources, air systems, energy transformational systems emitting waste heat, chemical to energy mechanical systems, chemical to electrical systems, etc., all readily available in the environment where this invention might be used. 
     A proper balance of salt water feed rate is needed, obtained by adjusting the salt water feed device  120  for a precise rate of salt water feed influx to create the desired liquid brine discharge. If the salt water feed rate is too low, the salt and minerals dry out and salt cakes form causing the machine to clog. If the salt water feed rate is too high, the efficiency is reduced and the opportunity for desalinating water is wasted. The salt water is helixing along the diffuser wall  314  of the first of eight diffuser discharge passages  296 , as the evaporated clean water vapor goes along the center axis of the diffuser discharge passage  296 . In other words, the water including the brine spins outwardly against the diffuser wall  314  forming an expanding tube of water. At the same time, the air and water vapor helixes inside the expanding tube of water. 
     As shown in  FIG. 24 , the water including the brine leaves the diffuser discharge passage  296  along the diffuser wall  314  of the diffuser discharge passage  296 , slings off the end of the diffuser wall  314  by centrifugal force into the first cylindrical scrubber centrifuge chamber  260  of eight scrubber centrifuge chambers  258 ,  218 , according to  FIGS. 5-8 . The water continues to spin along the scrubber chamber wall and then transfers to the next processor air gap  282  via the scrubber centrifuge chamber to volute transfer passage  236 ,  267  and the processor chamber volute  286 . 
     According to  FIGS. 5 and 8 , there are four scrubber centrifuge chambers in the front casing  246  including the first  260 , third  262 , fifth  264 , and the seventh  266  scrubber centrifuge chambers. According to  FIGS. 6-7 , there are four scrubber centrifuge chambers in the rear casing  202  including the second  220 , fourth  222 , sixth  224 , and eighth  226  scrubber centrifuge chambers. 
     The interface between the rotating air and rotating water further evaporates and concentrates the brine. Both the brine flow and the air vapor flow exit through the scrubber centrifuge chamber to volute transfer passage  267 , in the front casing. The scrubber centrifuge chamber to volute transfer passages  236  in the rear casing and  267  in the front casing are one of two types of tangentially-directed transfer passages  234 . These transfer passages  234  and the curved passage of the processor chamber volutes  286  between the processor receptacle  284  including the eccentric cylinder segment  287  and the processor nozzle  290  are designed to keep the air rotation of all of the chambers synchronized and of sufficient area to minimize pressure drops. The other of the two types of transfer passages  234  is the eighth and final scrubber centrifuge chamber to separator transfer passage  238 , described later in this disclosure. 
     The brine flow and air vapor flow then enter the wide-end perimeter of the second processor chamber volute  286 . The air enters the second processor chamber air input gap  282  into a helixing air flow at a decreasing conical diameter with increasing helical speed and is defined by the inner flow path wall  316  and the outer flow path wall  317 . The space between the flow path wall  316  and the outer flow path wall  317  is a generally conical area. 
     While it has been shown in this embodiment that the processor receptacle  284  includes a conical facing nozzle, in an alternative embodiment, this conical face could be other shapes such as a curved or convex shaped wall, so long as the area is constant and the area remains the same for the incremental movement down the pathway toward the chamber as this maintains a constant flow rate. In such an alternative embodiment, the outer surface of the nozzle forming the passage would need to be modified to maintain the constant area along the length toward the center. 
     The air and brine mixture then flows into the second of eight processor chambers  278 . As the air flow and air water mixture proceeds toward the center of the receptacle, the flow passage is designed so that the flow is continuous and does not have any back pressure. 
     In  FIG. 14 , the space between the chamber back walls  281  and the processor nozzle orifices  294  physically define the processor chambers  278 . In the processor chamber, a mechanical storm is formed where one/eighth of the next amount of new salt-feed water is injected. 
     The combined mixture continues the process with most of the new salt water evaporating along with a small amount of liquid brine discharge, controlled by the salt water feed device  120 . This salt water feed device  120  adds enough liquid input at the appropriate controlled rate until a brine discharge is created and processed through the entire system to the brine discharge port  232 . 
     The water vapor brine discharge exits through the processor nozzle orifice  294  and proceeds through the conical diffuser discharge passage  296 . The water vapor and the brine discharge then enter the second scrubber centrifuge chamber  220  and exit via the scrubber centrifuge chamber to volute transfer passage  236  to the third processor chamber volute  286 . The entire process continues six more times in this embodiment going through the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth processor stages. 
     After the flow completes processing through the eighth scrubber centrifuge chamber  226 , the liquid brine flows from the final scrubber centrifuge chamber to the separator transfer passage  238 , according to  FIGS. 6 ,  7 , and  16 . As shown in  FIGS. 9-10 , the flow enters the center separator assembly chamber  228 ,  268  and the air vapor brine flow helixes towards the front casing  246  end of the center separator assembly chamber  228  and centralizes around the longitudinal center axis of the front wall  315 . 
     The flow transfers into the separator centrifuge  300  via the gap between the front wall  315  of the center separator assembly chamber  228 ,  268  and the entrance of the liquid and air vapor-separating chamber  304 . The final brine waste passes along the wall of the liquid and air vapor-separating chamber  304  where the final brine waste helixes toward the rear casing brine discharge port  232 . 
     The air carrying the desalinated water vapor exits via the separator output nozzle  302  that is threaded into the vapor output port  230 . The mouth of the nozzle  308  is designed with a large diameter opening to reduce the air velocity and prevent the ingestion of brine. Furthermore, centrifuge fins  306  are designed to collect brine into large slow rotating volumes to be slung back into the brine discharge path  318 . The brine discharge, motivated by a small vapor flow, prepares for disposal through a separating gravity tank  160 . The liquid brine  165  is then prepared for disposal and the air/vapor flow return  190  then passes on to the main air water vapor flow. 
     The air water vapor flows around through to the reconstituting air dryer  130  where the water vapor is reconstituted into clean and desalinated water  170 . The dried air from the reconstituting air dryer  130  is recycled through the system maximize efficient energy reuse. The brine flow rate is computer controlled using a relative humidity sensor  180 , or other applicable sensors, including liquid sensors, light sensors that measure liquid, etc. In a closed-loop computer controlled system, the relative humidity sensor  180  directs the water flow rate for the salt water feed device  120 . 
       FIGS. 21-23  disclose an alternative embodiment to the evaporator core processor assemblies  276 . All references to the present invention are directly related to the alternative embodiment references which begin with reference numeral beginning with the  500  series. For example, the processor nozzle  290  and the processor nozzle  590  is used for the alternative embodiment. In the disclosed alternative embodiment the nozzle orifices are shown as  594 , the diffuser discharge passages are shown as  596 , the chamber back wall is shown as  581 , and the processor receptacle are shown as  584 . 
     In this alternative embodiment, there are two new features. The first feature includes radial cut input passages  514  replacing the processor chamber volutes  286  in the present invention. The second feature includes tangentially cut input passages  515  in the nozzle and they create the swirling air flow in the processor chamber  578  similar to the processor chamber volute  286  in the earlier embodiment. This alternative embodiment is designed for high air flow and low pressure to conserve energy through reduced horsepower requirements. 
     Other alternative embodiments are envisioned including those adapted for manufacturing processes to improve feed water for liquid distilling and food preparation. Another alternative embodiment of the present invention can be used for removing (or dewatering) excess liquid from manufacturing processes, such as paper pulp water extraction, fruit pulp dewatering and drying, or crude oil dewatering. In these industrial applications, where excess water is unneeded, the water vapor can be discharged into the atmosphere. 
     In the first embodiment, the design is based on eight processor assemblies, but other numbers of processor assemblies can be used and are contemplated by this invention. Specifically, this device could operate with only a single processor assembly. 
     The other subsystems of the present invention may be acquired commercially, including, for example, the air dryer, the air pump, the sensors, and the computer to control the feed-water rate. 
     While it has been shown in this embodiment that the receptacle includes a conical facing nozzle, in an alternative embodiment, this conical face could be other shapes such as a curved wall or a convex wall, so long as the passageway area is the same area along the length of the passageway. In such an alternative embodiment, the outer surface of the nozzle forming the passage would also probably need to be modified to maintain the constant area along the length toward the center. 
     The coaxial brine input injector  298  in this disclosure is shown with a hose connection including a hose barb  312 , a feed-water hose  310  and hose-locking device  313 . The coaxial brine input injector  298  could also be attached with other means such as a flange, an interference fit, by welding, or by cementing. 
     It is to be understood that although the present invention has been described with regard to preferred embodiments thereof, various other embodiments and variants may occur to those skilled in the art, which are within the scope and spirit of the invention, and such other embodiments and variants are intended to be covered by the following claims.