Patent ID: 8741101

Claim:
A liquid concentrator comprising: an evaporator assembly comprising a mixing chamber arranged to mix wastewater with gas and evaporate liquids from the wastewater, a wastewater inlet operatively arranged to supply wastewater to the mixing chamber, and a gas inlet operatively arranged to supply a flow of gas the mixing chamber; and a cyclonic separator comprising a tubular body having an inlet into a lower portion, the inlet operatively connected with the evaporator assembly to receive the mixed wastewater and gas and the lower portion arranged to centrifugally separate the gas from solids and the wastewater, an exhaust outlet proximate to a top of the tubular body arranged to exhaust the gas from the tubular body, and a fan arranged to draw the mixed wastewater and gas into the lower portion; wherein the tubular body is substantially unobstructed between the inlet and the exhaust outlet.