Patent ID: 8173025

Claim:
A water evaporation device for use in evaporating water from a waste water source, comprising: a barrel having an outer wall and a hollow interior extending longitudinally between a proximal receiving end and a distal discharge end; an air input orifice at the proximal receiving end of the barrel for receiving pressurized air within the hollow interior of the barrel; an air acceleration chamber forming part of the hollow interior of the barrel and that is in fluid communication with and positioned downstream from the air input orifice, the air acceleration chamber having an input end proximal to the air input orifice and an exit end distal to the air input orifice, the exit end having a diameter that is less than a diameter of the input end; a water input orifice disposed through a side of the outer wall of the barrel downstream from the air acceleration chamber and that is in fluid communication with the hollow interior; a venturi-water atomization chamber forming part of the hollow interior of the barrel, wherein the venturi-water atomization chamber is in fluid communication with and positioned downstream from the air acceleration chamber, wherein the venturi-water atomization chamber comprises: a venturi region having a diameter greater than the diameter of the exit end of the air acceleration chamber and that is adjacent to the water input orifice for drawing water through the water input orifice and into the venturi-water atomization chamber during use; a water atomization region adjacent to and downstream from the venturi region; and a discharge orifice at the distal discharge end of the barrel through which air and water from the water atomization region are discharged during use.