Patent ID: 8568557

Claim:
A liquid concentrator system, comprising: a concentrator section including; a gas inlet, a gas outlet, a mixing corridor disposed between the gas inlet and the gas outlet, the mixing corridor having a narrowed portion in which gas flow within the mixing corridor accelerates when traveling from the gas inlet to the gas outlet and a quencher upstream of the narrowed portion, the quencher quickly reducing the temperature of a gas stream flowing through the mixing corridor; and a liquid inlet through which liquid to be concentrated is injected into the mixing corridor, the liquid inlet disposed in the mixing corridor between the gas inlet and the narrowed portion; a demister disposed downstream of the concentrator section, the demister including; a demister gas flow passage coupled to the gas outlet of the concentrator section, a liquid collector disposed in the demister gas flow passage to remove liquid from gas flowing in the demister gas flow passage, and a reservoir that collects the liquid removed from the gas flowing in the demister gas flow passage by the liquid collector; and a fan coupled to the demister to assist gas flow through the mixing corridor and the gas flow passage.