US 12,441,630 B2
Apparatus, system, and method to remove contaminates from a fluid with minimized scaling
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 Oct. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/959,794.
Application 17/959,794 is a continuation of application No. 17/142,225, filed on Jan. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,459,246, issued on Oct. 4, 2022.
Application 17/142,225 is a continuation of application No. 15/576,828, granted, now 10,882,761, issued on Jan. 5, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2016/035101, filed on May 31, 2016.
Application 15/576,828 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/724,803, filed on May 28, 2015, granted, now 9,783,431, issued on Oct. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0043485 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
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. at least one inlet wherein contaminated fluid flows in the apparatus through the at least one inlet;
b. at least two outlets wherein a first outlet exits purified vapor through a perforated pipe inside a vertical section of a heat exchanger, wherein the perforated pipe allows alternative flow paths inside the heat exchanger, and a second outlet wherein contaminated fluid with a portion removed as purified vapor exits the apparatus;
c. an energy source that causes the contaminated fluid to heat to a temperature wherein a portion of the contaminated fluid is converted to purified vapor; and
d. at least two different flow paths, a first flow path connecting the least one inlet to the first outlet and a second unobstructed flow path connecting the at least one inlet to the second outlet, the first flow path and the second flow path flow through at least a portion of the apparatus wherein gravity differences causes the lighter purified vapor to take a different path than the heavier contaminated fluid with the purified vapor exiting the first outlet and the contaminated fluid exiting the second outlet unobstructed using gravity.