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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1981
Boyd R Beck, Spring City, UT (US);
LaMar H Stewart, Gunnison, UT (US);
Steven L Tapp, Ephraim, UT (US);
Don L Anderson, Jr, Gunnison, UT (US);
Daniel E Nuffer, Ephraim, UT (US);
Other;
Abstract
Heated distillation still for separating ethanol-water mixtures divided into an upper solar absorbent vaporization section and a lower pre-heating section by a vaporization floor, float means to automatically control the ethanol-water feed to the lower portion of the preheating section when distillation is taking place, means to evenly distribute the ethanol-water mixture on the vaporization floor, means to heat the ethanol-water mixture in the distillation chamber, and means to remove or recycle residual aqueous liquid from the lower end of the vaporization section.