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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2005
Alex M. Lubman, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Allen K. Macknight, Signal Hill, CA (US);
Volodimir G. Rifert, Kiev, UA;
Ivan V. Zolotukhin, Kiev, UA;
Vladimir I. Usenko, Kiev, UA;
Petr A. Barabash, Kiev, UA;
Aleksandr P. Strikun, Kiev, UA;
Alex M. Lubman, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Allen K. MacKnight, Signal Hill, CA (US);
Volodimir G. Rifert, Kiev, UA;
Ivan V. Zolotukhin, Kiev, UA;
Vladimir I. Usenko, Kiev, UA;
Petr A. Barabash, Kiev, UA;
Aleksandr P. Strikun, Kiev, UA;
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A rotary multi-stage distiller for recovery of water from wastewater is provided. The rotary multi-stage distiller of the present invention can recover water from a wide variety of aqueous wastewaters such as, but not limited to, urine, condensate from air conditioning systems, wash water containing foaming soaps, seawater or polluted water. The multi-stage distiller can operate under vacuum conditions permitting the distillation to occur at low temperatures. The multi-stage distiller uses centrifugal forces for fluid pumping and for vapor/liquid separation. The multi-stage distiller comprises hydraulic seals for each stage which eliminate contamination of clean, recovered water by condensed waste water during the regeneration process. The multi-stage distiller also comprises a stationary shaft of stacked segments where each segment is associated with an individual stage of the multi-stage distiller. The number of stages therefore, of the multi-stage distiller of the present invention can be readily adjusted as needed by either adding a segment with a stage to the stationary shaft or removing a segment of the shaft with a stage to decrease the number of stages.