US 12,434,982 B2
Apparatus, method, and system to remove contaminates from contaminated fluids
Gary P. Katz, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Katz Water Tech LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by KATZ WATER TECH, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/894,149.
Application 17/894,149 is a continuation of application No. 17/115,762, filed on Dec. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,420,881, issued on Aug. 23, 2022.
Application 17/115,762 is a continuation of application No. 15/729,639, filed on Oct. 10, 2017, granted, now 10,858,267, issued on Dec. 8, 2020.
Application 15/729,639 is a continuation of application No. 14/724,803, filed on May 28, 2015, granted, now 9,783,431, issued on Oct. 10, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/003,874, filed on May 28, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402777 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. C02F 1/04 (2023.01); B01D 3/06 (2006.01); C02F 103/02 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 1/048 (2013.01) [B01D 3/065 (2013.01); C02F 1/041 (2013.01); C02F 1/042 (2013.01); C02F 2103/023 (2013.01); C02F 2209/005 (2013.01); C02F 2303/22 (2013.01); Y02W 10/37 (2015.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a. a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger comprising an inlet wherein water containing salts flows in the heat exchanger through the inlet;
b. at least two outlets on the heat exchanger, wherein a first outlet exits purified vapor and a second outlet, wherein the water containing salts with a portion removed as purified vapor exits the heat exchanger through the second outlet;
c. at least two pipes inside a vertical section of the heat exchanger;
d. a first pipe inside the heat exchanger, wherein the first pipe is connected to the inlet and is connected to the second outlet, wherein the first pipe separates the water from an energy source, and wherein the energy source causes the water containing salts in the apparatus to heat to a temperature wherein a portion of the water containing salts is converted to purified vapor;
e. a second pipe inside the heat exchanger has a plurality of holes; wherein the plurality of holes on the second pipe allows vapor to enter the second pipe, wherein the second pipe is a distillation column removing the purified vapor from condensed water; and
f. at least two different flow paths, a first flow path connecting the inlet to the first outlet and a second flow path connecting the inlet to the second outlet, the first and second flow paths flow through at least a portion of the heat exchanger wherein density differences cause the purified vapor to take a different path than the water containing salts, with the purified vapor exiting the first outlet and the water containing salts exiting the second outlet.