A reservoir evaporation system for evaporating fluid from an open reservoir of effluent containing a contaminant includes a fluid evaporator, an air pump, and an air supply conduit functionally connecting the fluid evaporator with the air pump. The fluid evaporator includes a vessel adapted to be positioned in an operative position partially submerged on the top surface of the effluent in the reservoir with a lower chamber submerged in the effluent and an upper chamber extending above the top surface of the effluent. In operation, air from the air pump mixes with the effluent inside the fluid evaporator and subsequently is discharged through exhaust openings. A fluid discharge pipe can also simultaneously discharge aerated effluent back down into the reservoir. Fluid is thereby separated from the effluent in the lower chamber by evaporation in a controlled manner that minimizes spread of contaminants to surrounding environments by wind.

A system for agitating manure includes a vessel shaped to be placed in a manure storage installation. The vessel includes a vessel frame having floatation for providing floatation to the vessel, at least one outlet nozzle attached to the vessel frame for agitating the manure, and a control system attached to the vessel frame for controlling the direction of the at least one outlet nozzle. The system includes a land based power source separated from the vessel having a fluid pump for pumping fluid from a land based input nozzle to supply fluid to the at least one outlet nozzle on the vessel. The system includes a fluid conduit connecting the land based power source to the at least one outlet nozzle and a remote control for user control of the control system of the vessel.

A buoyant apparatus that is capable of floating on liquid surfaces, such as bodies of water filled with waste byproducts. The buoyant apparatus supports a plurality of atomizers via rotatable and flexible arms that can achieve 180 adjustments with the respect to a longitudinal axis of the buoyant apparatus, such that the arms can be parallel to a surface of the body of water in both an extended orientation (with the atomizers deployed over the water surface) and a retracted orientation (with the atomizers stored within the surface area of the platform). In addition, the arms can achieve 360 rotational adjustments about the attachment point of the arms to the platform. The atomizers and arms are powered by low voltage direct current (DC) motors that can utilize solar power via photovoltaic cells such that the apparatus can be employed in remote locations without the need for a centralized power grid.

The invention disclosed herein comprises novel methods and devices for water purification. The invention comprises the use of solar powered water purification units comprising, wherein said units may be portable, and comprise a vapor condensing unit, a water collection unit, a filter, a water inlet, and a vaporization unit. The water purification units comprise components for collecting solar energy, including but not limited to solar panels. The devices may optionally include an inflatable component enabling the device to be used on water as well as on solid surfaces.

A tent or covering with a pyramid-shaped structure, with an inner dark-colored sheet and an outer transparent sheet, installed on a supporting base anchored to the ground or on floats on the surface of the sea, wherein in the apex of the pyramid there are included vaporizers with micronebulizers for nebulizing the water to be treated, a device for capturing humid air through a continuous or sectioned condensation column and for subsoil distillation and heat dissipation in the smaller, water-collecting tank and recirculation of the air devoid of humidity into the enclosure. In addition, it includes a computerized control system of the processes includes controls of the air and nebulized water flow rates and of the working regime of the facility.

An evaporator is provided for evaporating water from an ambient body of water having a water surface. The evaporator includes a housing that has 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. The housing is disposed on a support, such as a float assembly, that positions the housing above the water surface. The evaporator also includes an air flow induction device, preferably an impeller, 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 contacts the water. The impeller preferably is made of a fiberglass material. The support preferably includes at least one float assembly air flow channel that receives the air flow stream from the housing and directs it outwardly from the evaporator. Water injection devices such as spray nozzles or atomizing nozzles preferably are disposed in the float assembly channel or channels to inject the water into the air flow stream.