Patents Assigned to Avant, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 4159228
    Abstract: An apparatus for the solar distillation of contaminated water which includes a substantially airtight enclosure having an evaporation chamber and condensation chamber. The evaporation chamber has a lower reservoir and an upper inclined surface which is transparent to solar radiation. The condensation chamber includes a thermally conductive condensation wall and a collecting reservoir for collecting the condensed water. A thermal insulative partition is located intermediate the evaporation chamber and the condensation chamber, and includes an upper port and a lower port. At least one thermally conductive conduit may be located within the condensation chamber and externally vented at the upper and lower portions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1979
    Assignee: Avant, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rudolph H. Bellande, Donald C. Wilson