Spray Patents (Class 122/436)
  • Patent number: 7771567
    Abstract: The salt water distillation system includes a sprinkler to form a mist of salt water over a distillation plate. The distillation plate is heated by applying electrical current to a heating coil. The steam is transferred to a condensation chamber and condensed fresh water is collected. During the desalination process, salt impurities are deposited on the hot distillation plate. A sludge remover, i.e., a steam head and movable ram, is provided to clean the distillation plate of the salt impurities. An exhaust fan is provided to cool fresh water condensate and lower air pressure in the system. Heat transferred from the steam during condensation is used to pre-heat the salt water to increase efficiency of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Inventors: Michael L. Rives, James O. Riley
  • Patent number: 4404929
    Abstract: In order to improve upon the prior arrangement of a valve within a liquid distributor head for a mixing pre-heater degasifier it is proposed that a valve containing a valve plate, valve shaft, valve spring and spring plate, is arranged within the mixing pre-heater centrally within a deflection screen or baffle and at the same time the valve is surrounded by a protective housing in order to prevent that, in the event of possible rupture of the valve spring any broken pieces thereof will drop into the mixing pre-heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Assignee: BBC Brown Boveri & Company Limited
    Inventors: Andreas Brand, Rudolf Datz