A device for evaporating a liquid such as liquid fuel. The device comprises: a shell; means for supplying heat to the shell; a porous wick located in the shell so that there is a gap between an outer surface side of the porous wick and an inner surface of the shell; means for supplying liquid to the porous wick; and an outlet in the shell for vapour produced in the gap by the application of heat from the shell to the liquid in the wick.

Embodiments relate to systems and methods directed towards arrangements of a preheater, a heat exchanger, a plasma recovery system, and at least one processing stage configured to use steam output of a calciner for heating incoming wastewater that is being processed.

The invention relates to an evaporator. The evaporator may include a drum. The drum may have a first portion and a second portion. The drum may include a product inlet positioned at the first portion of the drum, a product outlet positioned at the second portion of the drum, a vapor outlet, and an agitator. The evaporator may have a heating jacket and/or a product supply pipe. The heating jacket may be configured to surround the drum and/or to heat the product in the drum. The product supply pipe may be positioned outside the drum and/or may extend from the second portion of the drum to the product inlet positioned at the first portion of the drum. The product supply pipe may be in direct contact with the heating jacket.

The disclosure provides a thermal desensitization intermittent evaporator. The thermal desensitization intermittent evaporator includes a shell and at least one heating body disposed in the shell, wherein the heating body includes an electrical heating body and a wire connecting the electrical heating body, the wire is lead out from the shell to connect a power source; the electrical heating body includes a heating tube base and a metal joint mounted on the top of the heating tube base, the heating tube base includes upper and lower two bases, the upper base is a conductive low-heat-conduction material, and the lower base is a conductive heat-generating material. The disclosure can realize intermittent heating and high-pressure steam injection, thereby improving the activity of a water molecule, rapidly flowing to a low-temperature area and improving the efficiency of consolidation.

A method and apparatus for water purification and remineralization are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a plurality of thermally coupled thermoelectric modules, as well as means for enhancing mass and energy transfers. The method provides a highly energy-efficient water purification process. The apparatuses and methods of the present inventions can be used to obtain purified and/or remineralized water at rates suitable for household water consumption.

In an embodiment, a circuit includes: a transformer defining an inductive footprint within a first layer; a grounded shield bounded by the inductive footprint within a second layer separate from the first layer; and a circuit component bounded by the inductive footprint within a third layer separate from the second layer, wherein: the circuit component is coupled with the transformer through the second layer, and the third layer is separated from the first layer by the second layer.

Volatile compound emissions from a product that comprises a polymeric material may be reduced or eliminated from the product by heating the product in a subatmospheric pressure environment. The product may be heated in the subatmospheric pressure environment at a temperature sufficient to vaporize a volatile compound contained within the polymeric material such that vapors of the volatile compound are extracted or released from the product.

The present invention relates to supercritical water oxidation reactor adapted to contain inside the reactor an aqueous fluid below and above its supercritical state, said fluid comprising organic and/or inorganic material and a method of controlling such a reactor.

A system for molecular targeting and separating includes a microwave energy source; a vapor source; a column configured and positioned to receive microwave energy from the microwave energy source and vapor from the vapor source; and a condenser, the condenser in communication with the column, the condenser configured to condense the vapor after the vapor receives the microwave energy.

Systems and methods discussed herein may harness geothermal energy from geothermal wells, such as a retrofitted decommissioned well, that may be utilized for water desalination. Hot fluids extracted from the geothermal well may be utilized to generate geothermal energy that can be utilized to power desalination devices to removal minerals and/or salt from produced water from another well. These hot fluids may be recirculated back into the geothermal well to gather heat and to form a closed-looped system that provides thermal energy to the desalination unit. The treated water may be stored for latter agricultural, municipal, and/or other use, or it may be utilized further hydraulic fracturing.