Abstract: An method for processing a fluid, having a vacuum chamber having an associated heater, to heat a condensable gas therewithin, a spray nozzle to atomize a cool fluid, having a non-condensible gas dissolved therewithin, a vacuum line to maintain reduced pressure in the vacuum chamber and remove non-condensing gas, and a control, for maintaining steady state conditions in the vacuum chamber by controlling pressure and temperature conditions. Gases condenses on the atomized droplets to release a latent heat of vaporization.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 2, 2006
Date of Patent:
October 13, 2009
Assignee:
Millisecond Technologies Corp.
Inventors:
Yuri Vasilvevich Aksenov, Michael Nikolaevich Ivanovsky, Nikolai Ivanovich Loginov, Albina Vasilyevna Milovidova, Valentine Alexeevich Morozov, Nikolai Nikolaevich Ponomarev-Stepnoi, Boris Alexandrovich Chulkov, Alexander Lvovich Shimkevich, Joel B. Grae