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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
Purestream Services, Llc, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
J. Clair Batty, North Logan, UT (US);
Neil W. Richardson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David A. Bell, Farmington, UT (US);
Christopher M. Miller, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);
PURESTREAM SERVICES, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
An accelerated vapor recompression apparatusconverts incoming flowto a concentrateby developing a concentration profilewithin a tankholding a liquidcontaining dissolved solids. The resulting curveof saturation temperature of the stratified liquid(such as a brineor other material) moves away from the curvecorresponding to fully mixed conditions. The shiftin saturation temperature results in increased boiling without increased energy from a heateror compressor. A methodof control of the system provides interventionsat different levelsof control, ranging from mass flowsto work of a compressor, heat from a heater, and a predictive processingof feedbackfor controlling commandsalgorithmically.