US 12,478,896 B2
Evaporator for ambient water bodies, and related system and method
Robert Ballantyne, Clifton, CO (US); and William MacDonald, Grand Junction, CO (US)
Assigned to Resource West, Inc., Grand Junction, CO (US)
Filed by RESOURCE WEST, INC., Grand Junction, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/377,376.
Application 18/377,376 is a continuation of application No. 16/386,866, filed on Apr. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,813,548.
Application 16/386,866 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/027389, filed on Apr. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/656,906, filed on Apr. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/656,887, filed on Apr. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/656,856, filed on Apr. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0216828 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B01D 1/20 (2006.01); B01B 1/00 (2006.01); B01D 1/00 (2006.01); B01F 23/213 (2022.01); B01F 33/503 (2022.01); C02F 1/04 (2023.01); C02F 1/12 (2023.01); F04D 13/06 (2006.01); F04D 25/08 (2006.01); F04D 29/34 (2006.01); F04D 29/38 (2006.01); F04D 29/54 (2006.01); F04D 29/60 (2006.01); F04D 29/70 (2006.01); B01F 101/00 (2022.01); C02F 103/00 (2006.01); C02F 103/10 (2006.01); C02F 103/32 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 1/20 (2013.01) [B01B 1/005 (2013.01); B01D 1/0005 (2013.01); B01D 1/007 (2013.01); B01D 1/0094 (2013.01); B01F 23/2132 (2022.01); B01F 33/503 (2022.01); C02F 1/048 (2013.01); C02F 1/12 (2013.01); F04D 13/066 (2013.01); F04D 25/08 (2013.01); F04D 29/34 (2013.01); F04D 29/384 (2013.01); F04D 29/54 (2013.01); F04D 29/601 (2013.01); F04D 29/705 (2013.01); B01F 2101/305 (2022.01); C02F 2103/007 (2013.01); C02F 2103/10 (2013.01); C02F 2103/32 (2013.01); F05B 2240/301 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
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1. An evaporator for evaporating water from an ambient body of water having a water surface and into an ambient air environment, the evaporator comprising:
a housing comprising a proximal end proximate to the water surface, a distal end distal to the water surface, and a housing air flow channel directed toward the water surface;
a support that positions the housing above the water surface, wherein the support comprises a plurality of floats spaced from one another; and
an air flow induction device disposed to direct an air flow stream from the distal end toward the proximal end through the housing air flow channel and toward the water surface so that the air flow stream is directed over and along the water surface outside the support, outwardly away from the evaporator and into the ambient air environment.