US 11,679,338 B2
Combined heat source and vacuum source for low-cost distillation and desalination
Dhaval T. Patel, Louisville, KY (US)
Filed by Dhaval T. Patel, Louisville, KY (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/469,346.
Application 17/469,346 is a continuation of application No. 16/751,047, filed on Jan. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,135,527.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/795,965, filed on Jan. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0402319 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01D 3/10 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/04 (2023.01); C02F 103/08 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 3/10 (2013.01) [B01D 5/0006 (2013.01); B01D 5/006 (2013.01); C02F 1/041 (2013.01); C02F 2103/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vacuum source, comprising:
a. a first chamber, wherein gas transport is permitted into and out of the first chamber;
b. a second chamber, the second chamber containing a refrigerant;
c. a flexible diaphragm separating the first chamber and the second chamber; and
d. a heating element in the second chamber.