US3577320A - Distillation apparatus with vacuum controlled by rate of distillate flow - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B01D1/00—Evaporating
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- Distillation apparatus comprises a vessel having an evaporation section including a heating coil for the liquid to be distilled; and a condensing section including a vapour cooling coil; a heating medium supply to the heating coil; a pump or air ejector for creating a vacuum Within the vessel; and a distillate outlet conduit from the condensing section.
- a sensor for sensing the rate of distillation of liquid, and a valve to regulate the vacuum within the vessel, the valve being operable by the sensor to regulate said vacuum in accordance with the rate of distillation whereby the rate of evaporation and consequently distillation are maintained at a desired value.
- This invention relates to distillation apparatus having an evaporation section including heating means for the liquid to be distilled, a heating medium supply to the evaporation section, a condensing section including vapour cooling means, means for creating a vacuum within the distillation apparatus and an outlet from the condensing section for distillate.
- distillation apparatus is referred to hereinafter as distillation apparatus of the type aforesaid.
- distillation apparatus of the type aforesaid, it is usually arranged that the apparatus operates whilst a predetermined set of operating conditions prevail within the apparatus.
- These conditions may include, for example, the temperature of the heating medium, the temperature of the liquid to be distilled passing to the evaporation section, and the pressure within the apparatus. Consequently a desired rate of evaporation can be attained and satisfactory distillate quality can be assured.
- some of the operation conditions may change to cause excessive evaporation -with the result that distillate of unsatisfactory quality may be continuously produced. It is an object of the present invention to obviate or mitigate this disadvantage.
- sensing means for sensing the rate of evaporation of liquid
- vacuum control means actuable by said sensing means to regulate the vacuum within the distillation apparatus in accordance with said rate of distillation whereby the rate of evaporation is maintained at a desired value.
- the distillation apparatus may include a distillate reservoir, an outlet conduit means from the condensing section, and the sensing means includes means for restricting the ow of distillate from the condensing section such that, in the event of excessive evaporation and consequent excessive distillation, the level of distillate in the reservoir rises, the sensing means being operable by the level of distillate in said reservoir to actuate said control means.
- said air inlet is provided at the condensing section.
- temperature sensing means are provided in the heating medium supply to the evaporation 3,577,320 Patented May 4, 1971 ICC section and operatively connected to the vacuum control means, whereby the vacuum within the sections may be regulated in accordance with the temperature of the heating medium.
- distillation apparatus for producing fresh water from salt water includes a vertically disposed casing housing a chamber having an evaporation section 1 situated at the base thereof and a condensing section 2 thereabove. Mist separators 3 are provided at the inlet to the condensing section 2 and in the path of upowing vapour from the evaporation section 1.
- a feed Water tank 4 at the base of the evaporation section 1 provides a reservoir for liquid to be distilled, and a raw feed water inlet conduit 5 leads into the reservoid 4.
- a distillate overflow conduit 6 is provided connecting with the feed water inlet conduit 5.
- a bank of vertical riser tubes 7 enclosed in an evaporation casing connects the reservoir 4 with the vapour space 1a of the evaporation section 1 from which excess brine can be drained through a conduit 9 under the inlluence of a jet pump 10.
- Heating medium which is preferably steam or hot water, is passed into the evaporation casing 8 through an inlet 11, circulates around the riser tubes 7 to cause evaporation of the brine therein and passes out again through an outlet 12.
- the condensing section 2 includes a reservoir 20 for vdistillate and a bank of U-tubes 16 extending horizontally into the condensing section 2 serving for through How of cooling water.
- a motor driven pump 15 is provided to draw olf the distillate via conduits 13, 14 from the distillate reservoir 20 and directs same to a fresh water storage tank (not shown), via conduits 28, a non-return valve 29 being in the outlet 28 from the pump to prevent the sucking back of fresh water.
- Means for sensing the distillate quality is provided as described in the applicants U.S. Pat. No. 3,463,706 whereby if unsatisfactory distillate is produced it is fed back to the brine reservoir.
- a sub-atmospheric pressure or vacuum is maintained within the vertical chamber of the distillation apparatus by the connection of the jet pump 10 additionally to the condensing section via the conduit 21 in the manner described in the applicants co-pending U.S. Ser. No. 696,579 means being provided to ensure that the vacuum within the condensing section 2 is greater than that within the evaporating section 1.
- the provision of a vacuum in the casing permits a greater rate of evaporation for the same heat input.
- an air inlet conduit 30 is provided to the condensing section 2 and a valve 31 is included in said air inlet conduit 30 to regulate the passage of air therethrough to the vertical chamber.
- a restrictive device 32 4with a calibrated maximum fluid flow therethrough is intercalated in the conduit 13 and adapted such that, with excessive distillate ow in conduit 13, the level of distillate in overflow conduit 13a will rise; the sensing means 32a will include equipment enabling the transmission of signals to relay 33 via line 34 when the level of distillate has risen appropriately in conduit 13a.
- the relay 33 is operatively connected to the air valve 31 to cause appropriate movement of the valve in accordance with the distillate level in conduit 13a.
- a flowmeter may be intercalated in the conduit 13 from reservoir 20 to measure the distillate flow. 'I'he flow-meter would contain equipment enabling the transmission of signals to relay 33 to cause appropriate movement of valve 31.
- a temperature sensing device 35 is provided in the heating medium inlet 11 and is connected to the relay 33 via the lines 34, 36 to additionally regulate the air val-ve 31 by means of said relay 33 in accordance with the heating medium temperature.
- the distillation apparatus operates as follows: brine is evaporated in the evaporation section 1 and the vapour is driven olf upwards through the separators 3 wherein impurities are removed; the purified vapour is passed into the condensing section 2, and the vapour is condensed, and distillate formed is precipitated into the distillate reservoir 20 whence it is pumped to the fresh water tank. If the distillate is of unsatisfactory quality then the procedure described in the applicants U.S.A. Patent No. 3,463,706, is brought into operation to return the unsatisfactory distillate to the reservoir 4.
- the salinometer 37 measures the quality o'f the distillate via distillate quality sensor 38 and, if the distillate is unsatisfactory, the salinometer 37 signals the switch 39 to stop motor 40 and the distillate returns to the reservoir 4 via conduits 5, 6.
- the temperature sensing means 35 will cause actuation of the air valve 31 to reduce the vacuum within the chamber and the capacity for evaporation will be reduced.
- the heating medium being the jacket cooling water of an internal combustion engine and the engine is operating under low power conditions, then the above provisions will avoid undercooling of the jacket cooling water.
- Distillation apparatus comprising a casing housing Cil an evaporation section and a condensing section including rvapor cooling means in open communication with the evaporation section whereby vapor flows freely from the evaporation section to the condensing section; an air pump for creating a sub-atmospheric pressure within the casing such as to permit said free ow of vapor between the sections; an outlet conduit from the condensing section for outtlow of distillate; distillate ilow sensing means in the outlet conduit for measuring the rate of distillate outilow from the condensing section; an air inlet duct to the casing; and an air-bleed valve in the air inlet duct, means operatively connecting said air-bleed valve to said distillate flow sensing means whereby the air-bleed lvalve is controlled by the distillate ow sensing means and is actuated in accordance with said rate of distillate outovv to regulate the pressure within the casing to maintain the rate of production o'f vapor in the evaporation
- distillate flow sensing means includes a distillate overow conduit in parallel and in lluid communication with said outlet conduit, a restriction in the outlet conduit downstream of the overliow conduit whereby, in the event of an excessive rate of flow of distillate in theoutlet conduit, the level of distillate in the overflow conduit rises, and an actuator responsive to the level of distillate in said overflow conduit to control said air-bleed valve.
- Distillation apparatus as claimed in clairn 1, wherein the evaporation section includes heating means for distilland and temperature sensing means are provided in a heating medium supply to the heating means of the evap oration section and operatively connected to the air-bleed valve, whereby the pressure within the casing means may be regulated in accordance with the temperature of the heating medium.
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- Vaporization, Distillation, Condensation, Sublimation, And Cold Traps (AREA)
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GB53475/67A GB1212215A (en) | 1967-11-24 | 1967-11-24 | Improvements in or relating to distillation apparatus |
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US (1) | US3577320A (de) |
JP (1) | JPS4927257B1 (de) |
BE (1) | BE723972A (de) |
DE (1) | DE1808985B2 (de) |
DK (1) | DK131612C (de) |
ES (1) | ES360499A1 (de) |
FR (1) | FR1592802A (de) |
GB (1) | GB1212215A (de) |
NL (1) | NL142076B (de) |
NO (1) | NO123218B (de) |
PL (1) | PL69870B1 (de) |
SE (1) | SE347952B (de) |
SU (1) | SU361557A3 (de) |
YU (1) | YU32794B (de) |
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US3839159A (en) * | 1971-11-30 | 1974-10-01 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | System for concentrating a moderating solution utilized in a pressurized water nuclear power plant |
US4096039A (en) * | 1975-12-18 | 1978-06-20 | Carnine Corporation | Condition sensing control system for desalinator automation |
US4249864A (en) * | 1978-06-19 | 1981-02-10 | Auscoteng Pty. Ltd. | Centrifugal pump system for water desalinization |
US4568428A (en) * | 1983-07-05 | 1986-02-04 | General Signal Corporation | Method and apparatus for vacuum distillation |
US4595460A (en) * | 1983-09-12 | 1986-06-17 | Hurt Charles F | Method and apparatus for water distillation with energy recovery |
EP0219450A1 (de) * | 1985-09-13 | 1987-04-22 | Rainer Gottberg | Vorrichtung zur Vakuumregulierung |
US4759825A (en) * | 1985-07-25 | 1988-07-26 | Bela Medvey | Rotary evaporator |
US4929312A (en) * | 1988-01-27 | 1990-05-29 | Westcott Robert D | Solvent recovery apparatus and method |
US5064505A (en) * | 1989-08-21 | 1991-11-12 | Borgren Peter M | Low-pressure desalinization device |
US5173155A (en) * | 1990-09-28 | 1992-12-22 | Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd | Vacuum boiler type evaporator |
US5198076A (en) * | 1990-04-16 | 1993-03-30 | Bowpec Incorporated | Low-pressure desalinization device |
US5217581A (en) * | 1991-03-07 | 1993-06-08 | Ewing Frank A | Desalination of sea water near the critical pressure |
US11278824B2 (en) | 2016-06-15 | 2022-03-22 | Russell Distillers Limited | Distillation apparatus comprising a chamber for holding material to be extracted and method thereof |
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Cited By (14)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3839159A (en) * | 1971-11-30 | 1974-10-01 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | System for concentrating a moderating solution utilized in a pressurized water nuclear power plant |
US4096039A (en) * | 1975-12-18 | 1978-06-20 | Carnine Corporation | Condition sensing control system for desalinator automation |
US4249864A (en) * | 1978-06-19 | 1981-02-10 | Auscoteng Pty. Ltd. | Centrifugal pump system for water desalinization |
US4568428A (en) * | 1983-07-05 | 1986-02-04 | General Signal Corporation | Method and apparatus for vacuum distillation |
US4595460A (en) * | 1983-09-12 | 1986-06-17 | Hurt Charles F | Method and apparatus for water distillation with energy recovery |
US4759825A (en) * | 1985-07-25 | 1988-07-26 | Bela Medvey | Rotary evaporator |
EP0219450A1 (de) * | 1985-09-13 | 1987-04-22 | Rainer Gottberg | Vorrichtung zur Vakuumregulierung |
US4929312A (en) * | 1988-01-27 | 1990-05-29 | Westcott Robert D | Solvent recovery apparatus and method |
WO1990011808A1 (en) * | 1988-01-27 | 1990-10-18 | Westcott Robert D | Solvent recovery apparatus and method |
US5064505A (en) * | 1989-08-21 | 1991-11-12 | Borgren Peter M | Low-pressure desalinization device |
US5198076A (en) * | 1990-04-16 | 1993-03-30 | Bowpec Incorporated | Low-pressure desalinization device |
US5173155A (en) * | 1990-09-28 | 1992-12-22 | Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd | Vacuum boiler type evaporator |
US5217581A (en) * | 1991-03-07 | 1993-06-08 | Ewing Frank A | Desalination of sea water near the critical pressure |
US11278824B2 (en) | 2016-06-15 | 2022-03-22 | Russell Distillers Limited | Distillation apparatus comprising a chamber for holding material to be extracted and method thereof |
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BE723972A (de) | 1969-05-02 |
NL6816839A (de) | 1969-05-28 |
YU32794B (en) | 1975-08-31 |
DE1808985A1 (de) | 1970-12-03 |
GB1212215A (en) | 1970-11-11 |
PL69870B1 (de) | 1973-10-31 |
DE1808985B2 (de) | 1973-05-17 |
NO123218B (de) | 1971-10-18 |
DK131612B (da) | 1975-08-11 |
YU271868A (en) | 1975-02-28 |
FR1592802A (de) | 1970-05-19 |
DK131612C (da) | 1976-01-12 |
JPS4927257B1 (de) | 1974-07-16 |
ES360499A1 (es) | 1970-07-16 |
SE347952B (de) | 1972-08-21 |
NL142076B (nl) | 1974-05-15 |
SU361557A3 (de) | 1972-12-07 |
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