US 11,834,348 B2
Cyclone assisted desalination system and method
Kim Choon Ng, Thuwal (SA); Muhammad Burhan, Lahore (PK); Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Rahim Yar Khan (PK); and Doskhan Ybyraiymkul, Almaty (KZ)
Assigned to KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Thuwal (SA)
Appl. No. 15/734,082
Filed by KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Thuwal (SA)
PCT Filed May 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/054196
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 1, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/239234, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/770,414, filed on Nov. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/683,136, filed on Jun. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0221704 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. C02F 1/04 (2023.01); C02F 1/14 (2023.01); B01D 1/26 (2006.01); B01D 1/00 (2006.01); B01D 3/06 (2006.01); B01D 3/10 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/06 (2023.01); C02F 103/08 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 1/043 (2013.01) [B01D 1/0047 (2013.01); B01D 1/0052 (2013.01); B01D 1/0064 (2013.01); B01D 3/065 (2013.01); B01D 3/105 (2013.01); B01D 5/0006 (2013.01); B01D 5/006 (2013.01); B01D 5/0045 (2013.01); C02F 1/041 (2013.01); C02F 1/06 (2013.01); C02F 1/14 (2013.01); B01D 1/26 (2013.01); C02F 2103/08 (2013.01); C02F 2201/009 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cyclone-assisted distillation system comprising:
an energy supply system including a thermal oil tank configured to hold an oil, a solar concentrator configured to heat the oil, and an enclosure configured to hold a chemical compound, wherein the energy supply system is configured to generate first water vapor by heating the oil within the solar concentrator to dehydrate the chemical compound with the heated oil to generate the first water vapor;
a cyclone-generating device including,
a cyclone device having (1) a narrowing body, (2) an inlet port configured to receive a high-pressure water vapor from the energy supply system, (3) an input port at a first end of the narrowing body, and (4) an output port at a second end of the narrowing body, and
an evaporator enclosure configured to hold saltwater,
wherein the cyclone device is configured to generate a vortex within the narrowing body, with the high-pressure water vapor, the vortex generating flash evaporation at a surface of the saltwater in the evaporator enclosure so that a second water vapor is generated in the evaporator enclosure and the second water vapor enters the input port and is accelerated within the narrowing body, due to a pressure difference between the input port and the output port, which results in forming a water vapor jet, and the water vapor jet exits the cyclone device at the output port;
a first thermal vapor compressor, TVC2, having an input port, an output port, and a nozzle throat, and the thermal vapor compressor is configured to receive (1) the water vapor jet at the nozzle throat, and (2) the first water vapor at the input port, and further configured to form a steam jet and release the steam jet at the output port; and
a distillation system including plural tubes that receive the saltwater from the evaporator enclosure, the distillation system being configured to generate distillated water from the saltwater based on the steam jet obtained from the thermal vapor compressor.