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Definitions

• the invention relates to devices for distillation or separation of components with the lower boiling point from a liquid solution and most particular to stills for distillation, distillation columns for fractional distillation, refinery, heat exchangers, steam turbine, discharger, evaporative cooler, cyclones etc.
• Raw ethanol with about 10% alcohol must be refined and enriched in refineries into an efficient fuel before use in combustion engines.
• the thermal efficiency in refineries is less than 50%.
• the thermal efficiency of combustion engines is less than 30%. In both cases there is a huge amount of waste heat.
• the main problem of the distillation process in refineries is how to increase the thermal efficiency.
• the main and overall problem of combustion engines is how to increase the thermal efficiency.
• One of intentions of the invention is to use kinetic energy of steam under pressure and at same time to produce steam and vapor from liquid for distillation in order to separate steam from vapor.
• One of main applications of the invention is for a distillation of a mixture of ethanol-water (as a product after fermentation with ca 10% ethyl alcohol and ca 90% water) so called here as a liquid for distillation.
• the invention does it with so called a ducted impeller as a steam turbine and a cyclone conical container.
• the main features which accelerate evaporation, separation/distillation, condensation and power generation, are the ducted impeller which is driven by steam/vapor or propel steam/vapor/non- condensed gases and the cyclone conical/cylindrical container shape like a still, a column, a core of a cyclone spiral/annular heat exchanger and a cap/fan casing.
• the blades of radial or axial flow ducted impeller rotate inside the cap/fan casing which top is fixed to the ceiling of the container or core of a spiral/annular heat exchanger.
• the cyclone conical/cylindrical container with the duct of ducted impeller enables an outer descending vortex of incoming colder non-condensed gases and an inner ascending vortex of steam/vapor flow.
• a cyclone spiral channel is the spiral channel which is partly divided into an outer descending and inner ascending vortex of cyclone flow of steam/vapor or the non-condensed gases.
• the cyclone design increases surface and accelerates contact of steam/vapor with the surface and at the same time produces a difference in temperatures needed for acceleration of evaporation or condensation.
• the blades of duct impeller cool the wall of the cap/fan casing.
• the outer descending vortex of non-condensed gases cools the wall of the cap/fan casing and the duct of ducted impeller. Due to that steam is condensed on the inner wall of the cap/fan casing and the duct.
• Another function of the duct is to throw off the droplets of liquid for distillation coming from a sprayer to the duct. It creates a curtain of tiny droplets of liquid for distillation through which the outer descending vortex of non-condensed gases pass causing evaporation.
• the tiny droplets of water and liquid for distillation wet or splash the annular axial flow screen/filter on the duct through which the outer descending vortex of non-condensed gases passes causing evaporation.
• the ducted impeller is driven by steam and vapor of the mixture of water-ethanol produced during boiling of such liquid for distillation under a pressure. It means that waste heat (for example from combustion gases) is converted into steam and vapor through boiling and simultaneously to mechanical and electrical energy through the ducted impeller (as the steam turbine) on the shaft of induction generator/motor.
• the steam which drives the ducted impeller losing kinetic energy and becomes waste steam which condenses in contact with colder wall surface or colder sprayed liquid and returns as water for farther distillation while vapor of ethanol leaves so called a cyclone container as a still or column.
• the generator/motor should generate alternating current.
• the radial/centrifugal flow impeller and the duct of ducted impeller are located inside the impeller cap/fan casing and partly inside the container of still/column respectively.
• One opening of the duct is fixed to the blades of impeller while another opening has an annular screen/filter which surrounds the duct nearby another opening.
• the cap/fan casing like a centrifugal fan casing has an inlet on the axis in which the duct partly rotates and at least one scroll-shape outlet at right-angle on the axis.
• the impeller blades are driven by steam/vapor mixture of water- ethanol coming from the surface of boiling liquid mixture in the container of still or column converting heat into mechanical and electrical energy through the impeller blades on the shaft of an electric induction generator/motor.
• Steam of water, coming together with vapor of ethanol from the heated mixture of water-ethanol, is condensed on the inner wall of cap/fan casing into water and returned into the container of still/column while vapor of ethanol (with lower boiling points) leaves the container.
• the liquid or water droplets evaporate when get in touch with the outer wall of the hot duct.
• the part of condensed water in the cap/casing is directed with a tube to the annular screen/filter which throws off water droplets creating the curtain of the tiny water droplets. From the outlet of impeller cap/casing, the non- condensed steam/vapor flow to another unit for farther distillation and condensation and the non- condensed gases return to close a circuit flow.
• Such non-condensed gases passes through the tangential inlet on the cyclone container/still creating outer descending vortex and than pass through the steam (of water created by the hot duct) and through the steam/vapor created by evaporation of the mixture of water-ethanol which is sprayed on the hot duct and through the curtain of tiny water droplets and the wetted annular screen/filter with water.
• the steam of water and vapor of ethanol (created by the hot duct) is taken by the outer descending vortex gasses through the curtain of the colder tiny water droplets (which are thrown by the screen/filter). It creates condensation of steam into water droplets which are brought to the liquid surface of the water-ethanol mixture where evaporate.
• the colder non-condensed gases on the (wetted) surface of the annular screen/filter accelerate evaporation of water droplets (coming from the impeller cap/fan casing) into steam and cause cooling (due to the absorption of heat for evaporation).
• the outer descending vortex due to its centrifugal force, brings or splashes the steam (of water) on the wall of container/still.
• the steam is condensed into water and returned into the container/still where it is mixed with mixture of water-ethanol.
• the outside wall of container/still is cooled through the bypass air to the temperature about 85 degrees C or for about 15 degrees C lower than the boiling point of the mixture of water with about 10% of ethanol (which boils at ca 93 degrees C) and therefore the vapor of ethanol is not condensed (as its boiling point is 78 degrees C).
• the inner ascending vortex brings such ethanol vapor with non-condensed gases together with steam/vapor from the surface of the mixture of water-ethanol contained in the container/still to the ducted impeller and its duct.
• the container/still contains water which is heated and converted into steam which heats the duct.
• the mixture of water and ethanol is sprayed onto the hot duct and evaporate producing steam. If the temperature of the wall of container/still is below 65 degrees C, the steam of water and vapor of ethanol condense into the mixture of water and ethanol and than such mixture evaporates if heated.
• the identical process occurs if the ducted impeller is driven by the motor/generator in the case that there is not sufficient heat to produce steam (which can drive the ducted impeller).
• the impeller is driven by the motor/generator in order to use waste heat or heat from ambient, which is not sufficient to cause boiling.
• the impeller is driven by the motor/generator in order to use waste heat or heat from ambient, which is not sufficient to cause boiling.
• motor/generator creates vacuum and vacuum evaporation lowering the boiling points of mixture so that water and ethanol evaporate on the lower temperature. Electrical energy compensates insufficient heat. The similar process occurs in this case when there is enough heat but with fluctuation in heat supply.
• the vapor of ethanol leaves the impeller cap/casing.
• the steam of water is condensed into water and poor to the hot duct where evaporates into steam cooling the duct.
• the mixture of water and ethanol which is sprayed onto the hot duct evaporates into steam (of water) and vapor of ethanol.
• the impeller is driven by the motor/generator and the vapor of ethanol is brought from the container of distillation unit into the cyclone container of condensation unit.
• the outer descending vortex due to its centrifugal force, takes over the vapor of ethanol and brings such hot vapor on the wall of container of the condensation unit and on the outer wall of duct.
• the outside wall of container is cooled through the bypass (or ambient) air to the temperature about 65 degrees C or for about 15 degrees C lower than the boiling point of ethanol (which is 78% degrees C) and therefore the vapor of ethanol condenses transferring heat to the bypass (or ambient) air. Cooled condensed ethanol collects in the container.
• the ambition of the invention is to introduce features for conversion of waste heat from combustion gases or steam into mechanical and electrical power through the process of separation/distillation of renewable raw material which can contribute to the reduction of the global warming and carbon dioxide emission and increase efficiency in industry, refineries, transportation and agricultural sector etc.
• the invention introduces features which enable usage of the waste heat from combustion gases in the process of distillation (instead of the prime heat) for fuel production and simultaneous usage of such fuel in engines in order to get heat needed for distillation.
• Those features are mostly focused on the acceleration of steam or/and vapor or/and non-condensed gases flow which cause the acceleration of speed of evaporation and condensation and creation of an optimal difference in temperatures.
• the induction motor/generator combined with the distillation-power unit with or without a heat exchanger enables to the invention to match an optimal and simultaneous production of fuel with consumption of such fuel. It is provided through the conversion of own produced fuel into mechanical energy during combustion of such fuel and emission of combustion gases during the distillation when heat from combustion gases are used and during the conversion of mechanical into electrical energy.
• T e same design of the invention can be used for acceleration of fermentation and for cooling.
• Fig.la and Fig.lb show a side and top cross-section respectively taken along the lines B, B' (of diameter) and A, A' of the ducted impeller (8), the cap/fan casing (10), the cyclone container (13) and the annular screen/filter (25) which surrounds the duct (18).
• Fig.2a and Fig.2b show the multi-stage axial flow ducted impeller (9) and the annular axial flow impeller (26) which surrounds the duct (19).
• Fig.3 shows a schematic representation of the vortex (23, 24) inside one distillation-power and two condensation units (4, 5) of the distillery/refinery (1). All units (4, 5) are coupled through pipes (28) connecting the inlet of each container (14) with the outlet of each cap/fan casing (32). The container of each unit (4, 5) is surrounded with envelop for bypass air/ water for heat exchange between containers.
• Fig.4a and Fig.4b show a side and top cross-section taken along the lines B, B' (of diameter) and A, A' of the cyclone spiral heat exchanger (2) with one cyclone spiral channel (35).
• Fig.5a and Fig.5b show a side and top cross-section taken along the lines B, B' (of diameter) and A, A' of the cyclone spiral heat exchanger (2) with two cyclone spiral channels (35) surrounding each other.
• Fig.6a and Fig.6b show a side and top cross-section taken along the lines B, B' (of diameter) and A, A' of the cyclone annular heat exchanger (3) with three cyclone annular channels (35) surrounding one other.
• Fig.7a and Fig.7b show a side cross-section of the cyclone spiral heat exchanger (2) with a horizontal axis and with three cyclone spiral channels (35).
• Fig.7b shows a side cross-section of the cyclone spiral heat exchanger (2) with a vertical axis with three cyclone spiral channels (35).
• Fig.8 shows a side cross-section of the distillation column.
• Fig.9 shows side a cross-section of the distillation-power unit (4) having the bubble driven ducted impeller (73) and the condensation unit (5).
• Fig.lOa and Fig.lOb show a side and top cross-section taken along the lines B, B' (of diameter) and A, A' of the distillation-power unit (4) having the steam-distillation and steam-power unit (82, 83) and the condensation unit (5) of the distillery/refinery (1).
• the distillery/refinery (1) consists of at least one cyclone distillation-power and condensation unit (4, 5).
• Each unit (4, 5) comprising a cyclone cylindrical or conical container (13), a ducted impeller (8, 9) and an electrical induction generator/motor (6, 7) as main parts.
• the distillation-power unit (4) for steam and power generation produces steam/vapor when there is sufficient heat and simultaneously converts kinetic energy of steam/vapor into mechanical and electrical energy through the generator/motor (6, 7).
• This unit (4) can use heat from combustion gases.
• the condensation unit (5) for vapor condensation condenses vapor coming from the distillation-power unit (4) into condensate which (when it is enriched) can as fuel supply a combustion engine or a burner for heating the cyclone container (13).
• the ducted impeller (8, 9) with or without a cap/fan casing (10) and with or without a cyclone spiral or annular heat exchanger (2, 3) and with or without an annular screen/filter (25) and an annular axial flow impeller (26) consists of a radial/centrifugal or single or multi-stage axial flow impeller (8, 9) which is fixed to the shaft of motor/generator (11, 12).
• the opening of duct (20) is fixed to the ends of blades of radial or single or multi-stage axial flow impeller (21, 22).
• the duct (18) rotates in the inlet of cap/fan casing (29) and inside the cyclone container (13, 30).
• the blades (21, 22) rotate inside the cap/fan casing (10).
• the blades of ducted impeller (21, 22) are driven by steam or combustion gases or propel
• the duct of ducted impeller (18, 19) nearby its free opening (27) is surrounded with an annular screen/filter (25) and an annular axial flow impeller (26) which supports the annular screen/filter (25).
• the screen/filter (25) and the duct (18, 19) when are wetted with liquid/liquid for distillation accelerates evaporation and throws off liquid respectively.
• the condensed liquid coming from the cap/fan casing (10) and liquid for distillation from the sprayer (17) wet the duct of ducted impeller (18, 19) which throws off incoming liquid droplets.
• the container (13) contains a tangential inlet (14), a top and down outlet (15, 16) and a sprayer (17).
• the cyclone conical container (30, 31) of each distillation- power and condensation unit (4, 5) of the distillery/refinery (1) comprises the centrifugal cap/fan casing (10) which top is fixed to the ceiling of container (30, 31).
• the radial flow ducted impeller (7) is fixed to the shaft of generator/motor (11, 12) which is on the top of the container (30, 31).
• the duct (18, 19) rotates in the container (13, 30) while the impeller (7) rotates in the cap/fan casing (10).
• Both units (4, 5) are coupled through pipes (28) connecting the inlet of each container (14) with the outlet of each cap/fan casing (32).
• the container of each unit (4, 5) is surrounded with en envelop (111) for bypass air/water for heat exchange between containers of units (4, 5).
• One shaft of generator/motor can comprise one impeller for each container of distillation-power and condensation unit.
• the bottom of container (3) of distillation-power unit (4) which contains at start liquid for distillation, is heated and liquid evaporates producing steam and vapor. Ascending steam-vapor heats the inner wall of duct and drives the impeller (8). Steam converting its kinetic energy into mechanical work became exhaust steam. Steam and incoming non-condensed gases cool the inner wall of cap/fan casing (10). Exhaust steam condenses into water when gets in contact to the inner wall of cap/fan casing (10).
• Liquid for distillation is sprayed on the hot duct (18) and evaporates there.
• Non-condensed gases which come from the container of condensation unit (5) pass through the curtain of tiny water droplets and the wet annular screen/filter (25) causing evaporation and cooling.
• the outer descending vortex brings non-condensed gases, steam and vapor on the inner wall of cyclone cylindrical container. Only steam is condensed because the inner wall of container is cooled below the boiling point of the mixture (of 10 % ethanol and 90% water at the start with the boiling point of 93 degrees C).
• the cyclone spiral or annular heat exchanger (2, 3) of each distillation-power and condensation unit (4, 5) of the distillery/refinery (1) consists of at least one cyclone spiral or annular channel (35, 36) which is located in the container (13) with a vertical axis.
• the cyclone channel (35, 36) is coiled around a core (33, 34) and partly divided with a spiral or annular middle plate (37, 8) into an outer descending and inner ascending vortex channel (39, 40).
• the outer channel (39) has an inlet (41) on the container (13).
• the inner channel has an inner outlet (42) in the cyclone core (33, 34).
• the cyclone core (33, 34) has on the ceiling a cap/fan casing (10) with the ducted impeller (8, 9).
• the duct (18, 19) rotates inside the cyclone core (33, 34).
• the cyclone or annular spiral channels (35) of both units are coupled through pipes (28) connecting the inlets and outlets of channel (41, 42) with the inlets and outlets of core (33, 34) through the inlets and outlets of caps/fan casings (32) to close a vapor and non-condensed gases flow circuit.
• Liquid for distillation inside of the cyclone core of the power-distillation unit is heated. It produces steam and vapor in the core. Steam condenses and vapor goes to the cyclone spiral channel of the condensation unit. One fraction of vapor condenses in contact to the spiral wall of channel and cold distillate in it. Non-condensed vapor is taken in the cyclone core with vacuum. Another fraction is condensed there. Non-condensed vapor goes to the cyclone spiral cannel of the distillation-power unit and condenses there. Non-condensed gases return into the cyclone core from where the circuit flow started. ln another embodiment of the invention (Fig. 5) the cyclone spiral or annular heat exchanger (2) of each distillation-power and condensation unit (4, 5) consists of a middle, inner and outer cyclone spiral or annular channel (45, 46, 47).
• Both channels provide heat exchange between liquid for distillation inside the middle channel (45) and medias for cooling or heating contained in the inner or outer channel (46, 47) respectively which surround the middle channel (45).
• Both units (4, 5) are connected through inlets and outlets of channels.
• the cyclone spiral or annular heat exchanger (3) consists of a middle, inner and outer cyclone spiral or annular channel (48, 49, 50) which provide heat exchange between liquid for distillation contained in the middle channel (48) and medias for cooling and heating contained in the inner and outer channel (49, 50) respectively which surround the middle channel (45).
• the distillation-power and condensation unit (4, 5) are incorporated inside the cylindrical container (51) with a horizontal axis.
• Each turn of the middle channel (45, 48) comprising a down-curve (54, 55).
• the middle turn of down-curve (54, 55) is fed with liquid for distillation.
• Each two nearby down-curves (54, 55) of the same channel (45, 48) are connecting with down-comer tubes (56, 57) which are located outside the container.
• the cyclone core of middle channel (33, 34) is divided with a middle round plate (80) into a steam and vapor chamber (52, 53).
• Each chamber (52, 53) comprising a ducted impeller (8) which cap/fan casing (10) is fixed on one side of the inner wall of container-core (51, 33).
• Steam incoming into the cyclone steam chamber (52) drives the ducted impeller (8) which delivers exhaust steam to the outer channel (47, 50) from which steam heats liquid for distillation contained in the middle turn of down-curves (54, 55) of middle channel (45, 48) causing evaporation into vapor which goes to the vapor chamber (53) from where vapor is taken by the impeller (8) and brought to the inner channel (46,49) for cooling.
• the middle plate (80) between the chambers is used for vapor condensation when another side of the plate wall is cooled or for evaporation of liquid when another side of the plate wall is heated.
• the cyclone distillation column (58) of the distillation- power unit (4) of the distillery/refinery (1) consists of at least two cyclone conical containers (59) one above other.
• Each container (59) contains the duct (18) of a radial flow ducted impeller (8) which blades (21) rotates inside a conical-shape cap/fan casing (65).
• the upper opening of cap/fan casing (65) is fixed to a tray for liquid (62) which covers the top of container (63).
• the tray (62) incorporates an upward ducted opening (61) on the axis of the vertical shared shaft of motor/generator (11).
• the shaft (11) comprising one ducted impeller (8) and one babble cap (67) for each container-cap/fan casing (59, 65) and ducted opening (61) on the tray (62) respectively.
• the annular space between the walls of container (59) and cap/casing (65) which is surrounded by the container (59) provides an outer descending of non- condensed gases and inner ascending vortex (68, 69) of steam/vapor.
• the middle container (59) is fed with the liquid for distillation and steam which ascending drives blades of impeller (21) on the shaft of generator/motor (11) and at same time sucks in vapor from lower containers (59).
• the condensation of steam occurs on the inner walls of container (59), cap/fan casing of impeller (65) and duct (18) due to the outer descending vortex of colder incoming non-condensed gases and cooling caused by the blades of ducted impeller (21).
• the container (70) comprising an multi-stage axial flow bubble driven ducted impeller (74) which blades (22) are immersed in boiling liquid for distillation contained in the container (70).
• the ducted impeller (74) are driven by bubbles of saturated steam ascending from the heated bottom as the part of an outer descending vortex (81) of colder liquid flow passing through the annular space between the walls of container (70) and duct (79) incoming through the tangential inlet on container (14).
• the blades of radial flow steam driven impeller (21) are driven by steam released from the bubbles coming on the surface of liquid.
• the bubble driven impeller (74) is fixed to an inner drive of the vertical shaft of induction generator/motor (75).
• the upper steam driven impeller (71) is fixed to an outer drive vertical shaft of induction generator/motor (76) which rotates around the inner drive shaft (75).
• Vapor from the top outlet of container (77) of the distillation-power unit (4) is delivered to the condensation unit (5) where it is condensed into condensate.
• the non-condensed gases flow back to the distillation-power unit (4) closing the vapor and non-condensed gases flow circuit.
• the exhaust steam is condensed into water inside the same container (70) of the distillation-power unit (4).
• the conical container (84) of each steam-distillation and steam-power unit (82, 83) of the distillation-power unit (4) and the condensation unit (5) of the distillery/refinery (1) is divided into at least two chambers (87, 88) with at least one middle plate (85) along the diameter from one to another side of the container (84).
• the container (84) comprises a radial flow ducted impeller (89) which duct (90) and blades (91) pass during rotation through slots-passages (92) made in the middle plate (85).
• the middle plate (85) is widened from the axis up to ends (86) and forms with the inner side of duct (90) an intake section (93) in one chamber (87).
• Such chamber (87) comprising an intake tube (94) ascending from the bottom having an opening (96) at a level of blades.
• the outer side of duct (90) and the inner side of container (84) form an output section (96) of the same chamber (87).
• Such output section (96) comprising a top outlet tube (97).
• Each chamber (87, 88) having a scroll-shape output (98) at the level of the impeller (89) which is coupled to the top outlet tube (97).
• the ducted impeller (89) is fixed to the shaft of top generator/motor (11) on the axis of container (84) which is at the same time a cap/fan casing (10) for the ducted impeller (89).
• the widened ends (86) of the middle plate (85) makes a space between chambers (88, 89) for preventing media to flow from one to another chamber (88, 89).
• Each ducted impeller of distillation-power and condensation unit (4, 5) is fixed to a share shaft of generator/motor (11, 12).
• the bottom of each chamber contains liquid or condensate.
• Combustion gases is supplied or produced in the combustion chamber burning fuel.
• the middle plate (85) between the chambers is used for vapor condensation when another side of the plate wall is cooled or for evaporation of liquid when another side of the plate wall is heated.
• the invention can be used in transportation and agricultural sectors and in all industry which already using the process of distillation and fractional distillation and especially in refineries for refining of crude oil and raw ethanol. Also the invention can be used for cooling and heating and air conditioning.

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