US 11,717,766 B2
Systems and methods for generating potable water
Ramandeep Mehmi, Tracy, CA (US); Anil D. Jha, San Francisco, CA (US); John S. Swartley, Fairfield, CT (US); and Edward Arthur Smallhorn, Dartmouth (CA)
Assigned to AQUA-BELT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Mountain House, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/349,904
Filed by AQUA-BELT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Mountain House, CA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 15, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/061780
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 14, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/093885, PCT Pub. Date May 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/422,871, filed on Nov. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0078701 A1, Mar. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. B01D 1/14 (2006.01); B01D 3/34 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/28 (2023.01); C02F 1/32 (2023.01); C02F 1/42 (2023.01)
CPC B01D 1/14 (2013.01) [B01D 3/343 (2013.01); B01D 5/006 (2013.01); C02F 1/283 (2013.01); C02F 1/32 (2013.01); C02F 1/42 (2013.01); B01D 2252/103 (2013.01); B01D 2253/102 (2013.01); C02F 2001/422 (2013.01); C02F 2001/425 (2013.01); C02F 2201/009 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for generating potable water from a source water, comprising:
an enclosed vessel configured to receive source water;
an ambient air conduit positioned upstream from an air distributor;
a heating unit positioned within the ambient air conduit to receive and heat ambient air to produce heated air;
the air distributor positioned within the enclosed vessel to receive the heated air and bubble the heated air through the source water in the enclosed vessel to produce saturated air, the air distributor constructed and arranged to control at least one of air bubble size and concentration of air bubbles;
a condenser fluidly connected downstream of the enclosed vessel positioned to receive and cool the saturated air to produce a potable water condensate and cooled air;
a collection vessel fluidly connected downstream of the condenser and positioned to collect the potable water condensate; and
an exhaust air outlet fluidly connected downstream of the condenser.