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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2010
Applicant:
Kingston Owens, Bedford, NH (US);
Inventor:
Kingston Owens, Bedford, NH (US);
Assignee:
DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 1/06 (2006.01); B01D 1/22 (2006.01); B01D 1/28 (2006.01); B01D 3/02 (2006.01); B01D 3/04 (2006.01); F28F 1/40 (2006.01); F22B 37/18 (2006.01); B01D 3/42 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); B01D 29/01 (2006.01); B01D 35/12 (2006.01); F04C 19/00 (2006.01); F04C 29/00 (2006.01); F22B 1/08 (2006.01); F28D 7/00 (2006.01); F28D 7/16 (2006.01); F28D 9/00 (2006.01); F28F 13/00 (2006.01); B01D 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B 37/18 (2013.01); B01D 1/06 (2013.01); B01D 1/065 (2013.01); B01D 1/221 (2013.01); B01D 1/28 (2013.01); B01D 1/2887 (2013.01); B01D 1/289 (2013.01); B01D 1/2893 (2013.01); B01D 3/10 (2013.01); B01D 3/42 (2013.01); B01D 5/0015 (2013.01); B01D 29/01 (2013.01); B01D 35/12 (2013.01); F04C 19/002 (2013.01); F04C 19/004 (2013.01); F04C 19/005 (2013.01); F04C 19/008 (2013.01); F04C 29/0085 (2013.01); F04C 2270/86 (2013.01); F22B 1/08 (2013.01); F28D 7/0066 (2013.01); F28D 7/1669 (2013.01); F28D 9/005 (2013.01); F28D 9/0093 (2013.01); F28F 1/40 (2013.01); F28F 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating an evaporator is described. In evaporator feed water, a Taylor bubble is developed which has an outer surface including a thin film in contact with an inner surface of an outer wall of an evaporator tube. The Taylor bubble is heated as it rises within the evaporator tube so that liquid in the thin film transitions into vapor within the bubble.