A system for enhancing evaporation from a body of liquid, in which heated or unheated air is distributed through a pipe network that is submerged in the evaporation pond, with the air being injected into the pond to produce air bubbles in the water. The air may be combined with water prior to the injection. The water may be drawn from the pond. The air and/or water may be heated by solar heating, electric heating, fuel burning, or waste heat recovery. In the case of solar heating, any of a transpired solar collector, a packed bed solar collector, a flat plate solar collector, a linear Fresnel collector, a parabolic solar collector, a paraboloid dish solar collector, or other could be used. The pipe network may be maintained at a desired depth below the upper surface of the pond by various means, with one example being flotation devices, from which the pipe network is suspended.

A saltwater evaporation mechanism for the desalination of saltwater. The saltwater evaporation mechanism has an elevated saltwater reservoir with a bottom, sidewalls and an open upper end, a receiving reservoir with a bottom, sidewalls, and an open upper end, and a tunnel extending therebetween. The tunnel has a top panel, a bottom panel, and two side panels and is angled at a downward slope. The top panel extends from the tunnel to entirely cover the open upper end of the saltwater reservoir. Support legs equipped with wheels are positioned below the tunnel, allowing the tunnel to be easily moved and rotated when desired. A heat source is positioned underneath the saltwater reservoir and configured to heat the contents therein, creating water vapor. The water vapor condenses into desalinated water in the tunnel and is deposited in the receiving reservoir. In some embodiments, the heat source is powered by solar energy.

A water purification system that produces freshwater from saltwater/contaminated water via two closed but connected and offset heating-evaporation-condensation-cooling processes that share energy via two heat exchangers. The system includes a closed air subsystem and a closed refrigerant subsystem. The closed air subsystem uses air repeatedly heated via a heat exchanger and a supplemental heating source. In the air/refrigerant heat exchanger, hot compressed gas refrigerant from the closed refrigerant system releases heat and undergoes a phase change to a liquid refrigerant. The supplemental heating source adds heat energy to produce hot, dry air delivered to a water evaporator containing saltwater/contaminated water. The hot, dry air causes evaporation of the saltwater/contaminated water forming hot air/water vapor. The hot air/water vapor is then delivered to an expander/condenser heat exchanger, where it is condensed into freshwater by the phase change of the liquid refrigerant back into a gas refrigerant. The two subsystems operate continuously and repeatedly exchange energies to efficiently produce freshwater.

A gutter capable of evaporating water is provided for. The gutter features a pipe having a first opening, second opening, and a wall with an integrated heater and a number of vents located closed to the first opening, a water receiving opening and a water expelling opening where the water receiving opening and the water expelling opening are the first and second openings; a thermal storage system located within the wall and below the number of vents; and an evaporating steam vent placed on the wall and below the thermal storage system. The present invention can also have vacuum mechanism with an included shredding mechanism and compost dispensary for the shredded components.

An electric brewing system uses kettles, strainer buckets, a support frame, and winches to create a multicomponent system for brewing beer. The kettles are containers used to hold and boil brewing beer. Each kettle has a main valve, a recirculation valve, a whirlpool-inducing recirculation pipe, and a heating element. The main valve and the recirculation valve are integrated into the kettle so that beer stored within the kettle can flow through the main valve and the recirculation valve. The whirlpool-inducing recirculation pipe is a uniquely shaped pipe that is mounted onto the kettle. Additionally, the whirlpool-inducing recirculation pipe causes the beer stored within the kettle to produce a whirlpool while brewing. The heating element is mounted within the kettle and is used to increase the temperature of the beer. The kettles and the winches are mounted onto the support frame and the strainer buckets are tethered to the winches.

Systems and methods to enhance vaporization of a hydrocarbon feed may include an evaporator positioned to receive a hydrocarbon feed and partially evaporate the hydrocarbon feed to provide a gaseous hydrocarbon portion and a liquid hydrocarbon portion. A first mixing unit may be positioned to receive the gaseous hydrocarbon portion and dilution steam and provide a hydrocarbon-steam mixture. A heater may be positioned to receive the hydrocarbon-steam mixture to provide a heated hydrocarbon-steam mixture. A second mixing unit may be positioned to receive the liquid hydrocarbon portion and the heated hydrocarbon-steam mixture STEAM and to evaporate at least a portion of the liquid hydrocarbon portion via energy associated with the heated hydrocarbon-steam mixture to provide one or more of an evaporated hydrocarbon portion or a heated liquid hydrocarbon portion.

A device for inspecting a surface of an object, in particular a reflective or transparent surface, including an illuminating apparatus with which the surface can be illuminated, a measuring apparatus which senses light reflected at the surface, and a vapor-application apparatus which is designed to apply vapor to the surface. To achieve an efficient application of vapor, it is provided that the vapor-application apparatus includes a nozzle, a vaporization chamber having an enclosure, and a heating apparatus. The nozzle protrudes into the vaporization chamber in order to introduce a liquid into the vaporization chamber, and the vaporization chamber includes a vapor outlet.

A process for water, mineral, and/or organics recovery, as well as devices and systems that practice the process, are disclosed. The process may include providing a plurality of evaporator structures, each structure physically separated from the others, and contacting the first end of each evaporator structure with a liquid containing a plurality of materials (such as a solvent and one or more minerals). The process may include allowing capillary forces and siphonic action to draw at least one material of the plurality of materials (which may be, e.g., the solvent, a volatile organic material, and/or a mineral) from the first end towards the second end, and evaporating one or more of the plurality of materials by transferring at least one form of environmental energy (such as solar energy, wind energy, and/or ambient heat of air) directly to each evaporator structure, thereby providing the latent heat of vaporization.

After an aqueous solution containing, at a concentration of less than 40% by mass, an organic compound having two or more hydrophilic groups in a molecule is adjusted to contain the organic compound at a concentration of equal to or greater than 40% by mass, the aqueous solution whose organic compound concentration is adjusted to equal to or greater than 40% by mass is irradiated with an ultrasonic wave to atomize water, and is dehydrated and concentrated.

A heater for heating and vaporizing droplets in gas stream, comprising a heater housing and a heater body located inside the heater housing, wherein the heater housing is provided with an airflow inlet and an airflow outlet, the airflow enters into the heater housing via the airflow inlet, flows through the heater body, and then is discharged via the airflow outlet; the heater body comprises a stereoscopic network structure formed by interweaving one or more electrical heating wires. The use of the heater and a method for preparing isocyanate using the heater. The heater has a simple structure, a low pressure loss, uniform heating and a high heat utilization ratio during preparing isocyanate.