US 12,343,658 B2
Dirty water distillation and salt harvesting system, method, and apparatus
James Charles Juranitch, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Alan Craig Reynolds, Novi, MI (US); Raymond Clifford Skinner, Coral Springs, FL (US); and Thomas Raymond Juranitch, Delray Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to HEAT IP HOLDCO, LLC, Aberdeen (GB)
Filed by HEAT IP HOLDCO, LLC, Aberdeen (GB)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/392,492.
Application 17/392,492 is a continuation of application No. 16/461,296, granted, now 11,110,370, previously published as PCT/US2017/062571, filed on Nov. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/424,504, filed on Nov. 20, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0023769 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01D 1/14 (2006.01); B01D 3/38 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/10 (2023.01); F01K 13/00 (2006.01); C02F 103/10 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 1/14 (2013.01) [B01D 3/38 (2013.01); B01D 5/0039 (2013.01); B01D 5/006 (2013.01); B01D 5/0075 (2013.01); C02F 1/10 (2013.01); F01K 13/00 (2013.01); C02F 2103/10 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A system for harvesting salt, and inorganic material, and generating distilled water from at least one of a produced water and salt water, comprising:
a direct steam generator (DSG) configured to generate superheated steam and combustion exhaust constituents from the at least one of the produced water and salt water;
a separation system fluidly coupled with the DSG via a conduit, wherein the separation system is configured to separate the salt and a metal selected from the group consisting of lithium, silver, magnesium, and aluminum from at least one of the steam and combustion exhaust constituents in brine form or solid form;
a steam conduit fluidly coupled with the separation system and an expansion turbine, wherein steam flows from the separation system through the steam conduit, wherein the expansion turbine is configured to recover energy from the steam and combustion exhaust constituents; and
the at least one of a produced water and a salt water enters the direct steam generator without being pre-heated to a boiling temperature.