Patents Assigned to Haruki Sato
  • Desalination apparatus and method of operating the same
    Patent number: 6391162
    Abstract: A desalination apparatus and method utilizing solar energy provided with a solar heat collector for heating a heating medium with solar energy, a heat exchanger cooperating with an evaporation can so as to subject the heating medium and raw water in the evaporation can to heat exchange and generate water vapor therein, a condenser cooperating with a raw water tank so as to receive the vapor from the evaporation can, cool the vapor by subjecting the vapor and raw water in the raw water tank to heat exchange and obtain distilled water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignees: Ebara Corporation, Haruki Sato
    Inventors: Ichiro Kamiya, Yuzo Narasaki, Hidemitsu Otsuka, Manabu Morishita, Haruki Sato