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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ichiro Kamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Yuzo Narasaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hidemitsu Otsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Morishita, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Haruki Sato, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/10 ; C02F 1/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/10 ; C02F 1/14 ;
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.