Claims
- 1. A vacuum distillation method for low difference of temperature between the evaporation zone and the condensation zone characterized in that
the work pressure is lowered until the boiling of the liquid to distillate, according the temperature difference between the evaporation zone and the condensation zone, the product to distillate and the distilled products are entered/removed to/from the distillation system at the same time, by compensating the pressure differences.
- 2. The method for the vacuum distillation of the claim 1, characterized in that the temperature difference between the evaporation zone and the condensation zone are obtained from natural sources of heat and cold.
- 3. The method for the vacuum distillation of the claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the product to distillate is sea water, the distilled product is fresh water, the source of heat is the sun, the source of cold is the sea water and the salt is periodically removed.
- 4. The method for the distillation of the sea water of the claim 3 to obtain fresh water, characterized in that the salt is removed for the input and output of the sea water into the system.
- 5. The method for the distillation of the sea water of the claim 3 to obtain salt, characterized in that the fresh water is removed from the system to the sea.
- 6. A vacuum distillation system for low difference of temperature between the evaporation zone and the condensation zone comprising:
a first thermometer and a first capacity sensor into the evaporation zone, a second thermometer and a second or subsequent capacity sensors into the condensation zone, a nanometer, a vacuum pump, being said vacuum pump controlled by a control unit, according the measures of the first thermometer, the second thermometer and the nanometer, a input valve controlled by the first capacity sensor, a turbine to feed the evaporation zone through the input valve, one o more output valves controlled by the second or subsequent capacity sensors, one or more extraction pumps to remove the distillation products from the condensation zone through the output valves, the turbine and the extraction pumps, being assembled on a common shaft or transmission device, being the turbine a device which transforms pressure differences in mechanical energy, and each extraction pump a device which transforms mechanical energy in pressure differences, the relative volume between the turbine and the pumps is the same that its connected products, a motor to move the turbine and the extraction pumps through the common shaft, said motor fed through two o more switches in series, each switch controlled by each capacity sensors.
- 7. The vacuum distillation system for separate the salt and the fresh water from the sea water, being the sun the source of heat and being the sea water the source of cold, according the claim 6, characterized in that
the evaporation zone is a evaporation tank, with a transparent cover, and isolated walls and floor, the condensation zone is a condensation tank, being submerged and its walls being thermally conductors, a vapor conduit with a vapor valve linking the evaporation tank and the condensation tank, the vacuum pump is located on said vapor conduit between the vapor pump and the condensation tank, the capacity sensor of the evaporation zone is a first buoy, the capacity sensor of the condensation zone is a second buoy, the first buoy controls the input valve and one switch of the motor when said first buoy falls a prefixed value, until said first buoy raises another prefixed value, the second buoy controls the output valve and another switch of the motor when said second buoy raises a prefixed value, until said second buoy falls another prefixed value, a densimeter into the evaporation zone.
- 8. The vacuum distillation system for obtain only fresh water from the sea water, according the claim 7, characterized in that
the evaporation tank has a marine valve, said valve and the vapor valve are controlled by the densimeter, when the densimeter raises a prefixed value closes the vapor valve and opens the marine valve, penetrating the sea water into the condensation tank, when a prefixed amount of salt is dissolved in the sea water, then the marine valve is closed and the vapor valve is opened.
- 9. The vacuum distillation system for obtain only salts from the sea water, according the claim 7, characterized in that
a second evaporation tank is connected with the evaporation tank through a second input valve, the second evaporation tank with a third with a third valve, and consecutivily, each input valve being controlled at the same time by its buoy and the densimeter of the previous evaporation tank.
- 10. The vacuum distillation system according the claim 7, characterized in that the same is assembled to a marine platform, with a device to pick up power from the sea waves.
- 11. The vacuum distillation system according the claim 7, characterized in that the evaporation tank is mobile.
- 12. The vacuum distillation system according the claim 7, characterized in that the evaporation tank has a mobile container to remove the salt.
Priority Claims (1)
Number |
Date |
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P200200733 |
Mar 2002 |
ES |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present invention is based on the Spanish application of patent no. P200200733, dated Mar. 18, 2002, that is priority. Following patents are related with the present invention:
[0002] U.S. Pat. No. 6,494,995. A floating solar cell, being created a partial vacuum in the solar cell.
[0003] U.S. Pat. No. 6,391,162. A desalination system utilizing solar energy provided with a solar heat collector, a heat exchanger, a condenser and a raw water tank.