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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Charles Pallanca, Nice, FR;
Henri Renggli, Le Cannet, FR;
Gil Ching, Le Bar sur Loup, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 1/16 (2006.01); B01D 1/18 (2006.01); B01D 3/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/04 (2006.01); C02F 1/36 (2006.01); C02F 103/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Device for desalinating sea water comprising a unit () for spraying sea water in the form of droplets, a unit () for vaporizing the droplets into steam, a unit () for separating steam from salt particles, and a unit () for condensing steam into fresh water. The spraying unit comprises a sea water entry (), an ambient-temperature dry air entry (), and a device for generating acoustic waves at a frequency greater than 1 MHz focused by means of nozzles () receiving the sea water coming from the sea water entry so as to obtain microdroplets having a diameter comprised between about 2.5 microns and about 5 microns.