Patent ID: 8495973

Claim:
A thin film vaporizer, comprising: a primary body having an inlet, an outlet, and an internal surface therebetween, the inlet, outlet and internal surface defining a gas passage between the inlet and the outlet; a first liquid provider proximate to the inlet and structured and arranged to provide liquid flow upon at least a portion of the internal surface; and a first vaporizing zone downstream from the first liquid provider and structured and arranged to provide wetting of the provided liquid flow upon at least a portion of the internal surface, the first vaporizing zone further structured and arranged with the gas passage to permit vaporizing of the liquid and mixing with a first gas received from the inlet about contemporaneously; wherein the gas passage is structured and arranged such that passage of the first gas through the gas passage lowers the vaporized liquid partial pressure and lowers the temperature for about complete vaporization within the first vaporization zone.