Desalination system and desalination method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9809463-B2
Application number	US-201414534568-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2014
Priority date	Mar 11, 2013
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A desalination system, etc. of the present disclosure includes: a water tank; a water-repellent particle layer that is located below the water tank and contains a plurality of water-repellent particles; a liquefying layer that is located below the water-repellent particle layer and liquefies water vapor that has passed through the water-repellent particle layer, to obtain fresh water; an introduction channel of a liquid supply channel that supplies a liquid to the water tank; and a liquid speed reduction part that is located on the introduction channel of the supply channel, and includes a wall surface crossing a flow direction of the liquid in the supply channel, for reducing a flow speed of the liquid.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A desalination system comprising:
a water tank;
a water-repellent particle layer that is located below the water tank and contains a plurality of water-repellent particles;
a plurality of particles forming a liquefying layer that is located below the water-repellent particle layer and liquefies water vapor that has passed through the water-repellent particle layer, to obtain fresh water;
an introduction channel that supplies a liquid to the water tank;
a liquid speed reduction part that is located on the introduction channel, and includes a wall surface crossing a flow direction of the liquid in the introduction channel, for reducing a flow speed of the liquid; and
a pool tank located in the introduction channel between the water tank and the liquid speed reduction part, the pool tank having an opening that spans a channel width of the introduction channel, and a space in which the liquid introduced via the opening is accumulated and from which an overflow of the liquid is discharged to the introduction channel.

2. The desalination system according to claim 1 , wherein the wall surface is of a sufficient width to span an entire channel width of the introduction channel.

3. The desalination system according to claim 1 , further comprising
wherein the pool tank is located upstream of the liquid speed reduction part in the introduction channel.

4. The desalination system according to claim 1 , wherein the introduction channel has at least a predetermined length between the water tank and the liquid speed reduction part.

5. The desalination system according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid speed reduction part has a semi-cylindrical shape.

6. The desalination system according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid speed reduction part has a rectangular parallelepiped shape.

7. The desalination system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the liquid speed reduction part has a triangular prismatic shape having different base angles, and
one of the base angles is smaller than another of the base angles on an opposite side of the liquid speed reduction part.

8. The desalination system according to claim 1 , further comprising a supply port that supplies the liquid from outside of the desalination system to the introduction channel, wherein the supply port has a slit shape.

9. The desalination system according to claim 1 , further comprising a supply port that supplies the liquid from outside of the desalination system to the introduction channel, wherein the supply port includes a plurality of openings.

10. The desalination system according to claim 1 , further comprising a sluice gate that is opened and closed to start and stop introducing the liquid from outside of the desalination system to the introduction channel.

11. A desalination system comprising:
a water tank;
a water-repellent particle layer that is located below the water tank and contains a plurality of water-repellent particles;
a plurality of particles forming a liquefying layer that is located below the water-repellent particle layer and liquefies water vapor that has passed through the water-repellent particle layer, to obtain fresh water;
an introduction channel that supplies a liquid to the water tank;
a liquid speed reduction part that is located on the introduction channel, and includes a wall surface crossing a flow direction of the liquid in the introduction channel, for reducing a flow speed of the liquid,
wherein the water tank is connected with the introduction channel, and provided with a discharge channel through which the liquid is discharged partially, the discharge channel being located at a position opposed to the introduction channel with the water tank interposed between the introduction channel and the discharge channel, and
the water-repellent particle layer has an inclined upper surface descending from the introduction channel toward the discharge channel with respect to a plane perpendicular to a gravitational direction.

12. The desalination system according to claim 11 , wherein the water-repellent particle layer has an inclined lower surface descending from the introduction channel toward the discharge channel with respect to the plane perpendicular to the gravitational direction.

13. A desalination method for obtaining fresh water from a liquid using a desalination system, the desalination system including:
a water tank to which the liquid is introduced;
a lid that is disposed on an opening of the water tank;
a water-repellent particle layer that is located below the water tank and contains a plurality of water-repellent particles;
a plurality of particles forming a liquefying layer that is located below the water-repellent particle layer;
an introduction channel that introduces the liquid to the water tank;
a liquid speed reduction part that is located on the introduction channel, and includes a wall surface crossing a flow direction of the liquid in the introduction channel, for reducing a flow speed of the liquid, and
a pool tank located in the introduction channel between the water tank and the liquid speed reduction part, the pool tank having an opening that spans a channel width of the introduction channel, and a space in which the liquid introduced via the opening is accumulated and from which an overflow of the liquid is discharged to the introduction channel,
the desalination method comprising:
introducing the liquid via the introduction channel to the water tank and placing the liquid above the water-repellent particle layer;
heating and evaporating the liquid placed above the water-repellent particle layer to obtain water vapor; and
liquefying the water vapor by the liquefying layer to obtain the fresh water.

14. A desalination method for obtaining fresh water from a liquid using a desalination system, the desalination system including:
a water tank to which the liquid is introduced;
a lid that is disposed on an opening of the water tank;
a water-repellent particle layer that is located below the water tank and contains a plurality of water-repellent particles;
a plurality of particles forming a liquefying layer that is located below the water-repellent particle layer;
an introduction channel that introduces the liquid to the water tank; and
a liquid speed reduction part that is located on the introduction channel, and includes a wall surface crossing a flow direction of the liquid in the introduction channel, for reducing a flow speed of the liquid,
wherein the water tank is connected with the introduction channel, and provided with a discharge channel through which the liquid is discharged partially, the discharge channel being located at a position opposed to the introduction channel with the water tank interposed between the introduction channel and the discharge channel, and
the water-repellent particle layer has an inclined upper surface descending from the introduction channel toward the discharge channel with respect to a plane perpendicular to a gravitational direction, the desalination method comprising:
introducing the liquid via the introduction channel to the water tank and placing the liquid above the water-repellent particle layer;
heating and evaporating the liquid placed above the water-repellent particle layer to obtain water vapor; and
liquefying the water vapor by the liquefying layer to obtain the fresh water.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tomiyama Morio
• Gyoten Hisaaki
• Mino Norihisa
• Taomoto Akira
• Ono Atsushi
• John Stephen William

Classifications

• B01D1/00 Primary

  Evaporating ({evaporation in general, e.g. of liquids for gas phase reactions B01B1/005} ; removal of incrustation B08B; preparation of starch C08B30/00; sugar industry C13; prevention of incrustation C23F; drying solid materials or objects by evaporating liquids therefrom F26) · CPC title

• C02F1/10

  by direct contact with a particulate solid or with a fluid, as a heat transfer medium · CPC title

• C02F1/048

  Purification of waste water by evaporation · CPC title

• C02F2103/08

  Seawater, e.g. for desalination · CPC title

• B01D5/006

  with evaporation or distillation · CPC title