US 11,834,350 B2
System and method for water treatment
Kelly Rock, Bristol, VA (US)
Assigned to MICRONIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Abingdon, VA (US)
Appl. No. 17/274,006
Filed by MICRONIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Bristol, VA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/027602
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/210581, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/833,026, filed on Apr. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0035924 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. C02F 1/12 (2023.01); B01D 1/16 (2006.01); B01D 61/02 (2006.01); C02F 1/04 (2023.01); B01D 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 1/12 (2013.01) [B01D 1/16 (2013.01); B01D 1/28 (2013.01); B01D 61/02 (2013.01); C02F 1/041 (2013.01); C02F 2301/08 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid treatment system comprising:
a blower motor, configured and arranged to blow a mixture of air and influent containing contaminants through the system;
a primary evaporator, including an atomizer configured and arranged to impart rotational velocity and radial velocity to the mixture to atomize the mixture;
a heat exchanger that is configured to receive the mixture from the primary evaporator and to act as both a secondary evaporator and a primary condenser;
a concentrate separator, configured and arranged to receive concentrate vapor mix from the secondary evaporator; and
a concentrate recirculation conduit configured to conduct a portion of the concentrate to be mixed with the influent.