Patent ID: 8173026

Claim:
A pressurized water evaporation system for use in evaporating water from a waste water source, comprising: one or more water evaporation devices, each being composed of: 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; an air acceleration chamber forming part of the hollow interior of the barrel and being 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 passageway in fluid communication with and extending into the hollow interior of the barrel at a location downstream from the air acceleration chamber for receiving pressurized water; a water atomization chamber forming part of the hollow interior of the barrel and being in fluid communication with and positioned downstream from the air acceleration chamber and in fluid communication with the water input passageway, the water atomization chamber having a diameter greater than the diameter of the exit end of the air acceleration chamber; and a discharge orifice at the distal discharge end of the barrel through which air and water from the water atomization chamber are discharged during use; a pressurizable air line in fluid communication with the air input orifice of each of the water evaporation devices; and a pressurizable water line in fluid communication with the water input orifice of each of the water evaporation devices.