TH5266B - Equipment and methods for distillation - Google Patents

Abstract

Equipment and methods for distillation of fluids in general and in particular distillation of water that have been adapted for home use or potable use but can be made to be used so that they are suitable for the separation of solvents and solvents. Melt and other industrial applications The equipment includes a truss structure which forms one or more chambers for collecting water to be distilled. This separator structure also creates a vapor barrier, which occurs when the top of the water in the housing is boiled by a heater. The aerator works where air under a small pressure enters the water so that air bubbles form in the water. The bubbles will float up. and the surface of the water breaks up while the top of that water is boiled by a heater. In this way, the vapor pressure formed in the channel above the water level and then the water vapor is moved through the fluid passage into the lower chamber, where the vapor is formed. will be collected into distilled water as the water vapor moves into the fluid passageway It moves in such a way that heat exchanges with water in the chamber of the frame. The various forms of the frame of the invention are revealed here.

Claims (15)

1. The apparatus for distilling water consists of a closed chamber (12) which contains a group of devices forming a channel (26) to hold water at a predetermined level within the chamber; the chamber above which the water level is raised; an apparatus near the lower end of the chamber for supplying fluid to the lower chamber (30), called a gong, which is placed below the channel and has no fluid connection to it; a group of devices forming a fluid passage (24) which extend and are connected at the fluid level between the upper chamber and the lower chamber, the channel and the fluid passage share a common heat exchange surface; a heater (50) in the chamber is placed close to and below the water level to heat the water to produce steam in the upper chamber; and an apparatus (34) in the space below the heater to evaporate the water when it is heated. 2. The device as specified in Claim 1, where the means of assembly and the method of assembly are specified, includes a number of vertical plates (23) which divide the space above the fluid chamber into a number of water receiving chambers and a number of fluid plate channels. 3. The device as specified in claim 2, which shall have a fluid passage (24) between each pair of adjacent channels (26) respectively. 4. The device as specified in claim 2, in which the first groove (37) is formed in the plate, the heater (50) is positioned through this first groove, and there is also a second groove (35) in the plate below the first groove, and the air supply (34) is positioned in this second groove (35). 5. An apparatus as described in claim 2, in which plates (23) are vertically positioned and have a pair of opposite sides, one side of each plate shall have a number of projections (23f, 23g) on it, which shall form a meandering fluid path for the flow of fluid over both of these plates. 6. Devices as specified in claim number 5, where the projections are arranged horizontally between the top and bottom edges of these sheets. 7. The device as specified in claim 2, in which the frame also has a pair of opposite sides and a pair of opposite ends, these plates are generally parallel to their ends and generally perpendicular to these sides. 8. The device as described in Requisition 1, in which the housing (72) includes an outer cylindrical wall (78), such housing has inner walls (126,128) spaced a certain distance apart, each cylindrical in shape at the same center as the outer wall, the space between these walls makes up a fluid channel and chamber. 9. The device as specified in claim number 8, in which such heating includes an annular (90) shape in the said chamber and is generally concentric with those inner walls. 10. The device specified in claim number 8, which provides the air supply (94), shall be an annular shape, located in a room adjacent to that part of the room. This annular shape shall generally be centered on the inner wall of the housing. 11. The method for distilling water using the apparatus according to claim 1 consists of: supplying a certain amount of air to water at a position near the bottom of the water column; heating this amount of water at the top level while it receives the air so that it will vaporize in the space above the water level; allowing the water vapor to move in such a way that it exchanges heat with the water column to condense the water to form distilled water; and collecting the distilled water. 12. The method as specified in claim 11, which includes the process of forming the water column, and the aeration process which includes the creation of air bubbles in the water column near the lower end of the water column. 13. The procedure as specified in claim 11, which includes a procedure to provide a certain number of water columns, and the aeration procedure, shall include a procedure to sequentially inflate the air bubbles in each column. 14. The method as specified in claim 13, whereby the heating procedure involves heating the water in each water column sequentially at the top end of the water column. 15. The method described in Claim 13, in which the method of creating floating air bubbles is established, involves providing a number of vertical, tortuous fluid passages that connect the distillation chamber to the fluid path and the space above the water level.