Apparatus for reconcentrating liquid desiccant

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR RECONCENTRATING LIQUID DESICCANT INCLUDING, A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDED VESSEL, A WEIR-BAFFLE MOUNTED ON THE INTERIOR OF THE VESSEL AND ARRANGED TO EXTEND FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE VESSEL NEAR ONE END OF THE VESSEL TO NEAR THE TOP OF THE VESSEL TO FORM A RELATIVELY LARGE COMPARTMENT AND A RELATIVELY SMALL COMPARTMENT WITHIN THE VESSEL INTERIOR, A HEAT SOURCE MOUNTED THROUGH A WALL OF THE VESSEL AND EXTENDING INTO THE RELATIVELY LARGE COMPARTMENT TO HEAT DESICCANT TO WITHIN A RANGE CLOSE TO THE TEMPERATURE AT WHICH DESICCANT DETERIORATES, AN INLET CONDUIT CONNECTED THROUGH THE WALL OF THE VESSEL AND INTO THE LARGE COMPARTMENT FOR BRING RICH DESICCANT INTO THE LARGE COMPARTMENT WHERE THE DESICCANT IS HEATED AND THEN FLOWS OVER THE WEIR-BAFFLE AND INTO THE SMALL COMPARTMENT, A CONDUIT CONNECTED TO A SUPPLY OF VAPOR WHICH CONDUIT ENTERS THROUGH ONLY ONE OPENING INTO THE VESSEL AND IS EXTENDED ONLY WITHIN THE VESSEL ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE LARGE COMPARTMENT AND UP AND OVER THE WEIRBAFFLE AND DOWN TO THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SMALL COMPARTMENT, WHEREBY THE VAPOR IS INCREASED IN UNDER-SATURATION WITH RESPECT TO WATER VAPOR AND RELEASED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SMALL COMPARTMENT, MEANS FOR MAINTAINING A PREDETERMINED LEVEL OF THE DESICCANT IN THE SMALL COMPARTMENT ABOVE THE TERMINATION OF THE VAPOR CONDUIT, AND AN OUTLET CONDUIT FROM THE SMALL COMPARTMENT FOR THE DESICCANT WHICH HAS BEEN THERMALLY RECONCENTRATED AND SUBSEQUENTLY STRIPPED OF ADDITIONAL WATER BY THE UNDER-SATURATED VAPOR.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR RECONCENTRATING LIQUID DESICCANT INCLUDING, A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDED VESSEL, A WEIR-BAFFLE MOUNTED ON THE INTERIOR OF THE VESSEL AND ARRANGED TO EXTEND FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE VESSEL NEAR ONE END OF THE VESSEL TO NEAR THE TOP OF THE VESSEL TO FORM A RELATIVELY LARGE COMPARTMENT AND A RELATIVELY SMALL COMPARTMENT WITHIN THE VESSEL INTERIOR, A HEAT SOURCE MOUNTED THROUGH A WALL OF THE VESSEL AND EXTENDING INTO THE RELATIVELY LARGE COMPARTMENT TO HEAT DESICCANT TO WITHIN A RANGE CLOSE TO THE TEMPERATURE AT WHICH DESICCANT DETERIORATES, AN INLET CONDUIT CONNECTED THROUGH THE WALL OF THE VESSEL AND INTO THE LARGE COMPARTMENT FOR BRING RICH DESICCANT INTO THE LARGE COMPARTMENT WHERE THE DESICCANT IS HEATED AND THEN FLOWS OVER THE WEIR-BAFFLE AND INTO THE SMALL COMPARTMENT, A CONDUIT CONNECTED TO A SUPPLY OF VAPOR WHICH CONDUIT ENTERS THROUGH ONLY ONE OPENING INTO THE VESSEL AND IS EXTENDED ONLY WITHIN THE VESSEL ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE LARGE COMPARTMENT AND UP AND OVER THE WEIRBAFFLE AND DOWN TO THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SMALL COMPARTMENT, WHEREBY THE VAPOR IS INCREASED IN UNDER-SATURATION WITH RESPECT TO WATER VAPOR AND RELEASED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SMALL COMPARTMENT, MEANS FOR MAINTAINING A PREDETERMINED LEVEL OF THE DESICCANT IN THE SMALL COMPARTMENT ABOVE THE TERMINATION OF THE VAPOR CONDUIT, AND AN OUTLET CONDUIT FROM THE SMALL COMPARTMENT FOR THE DESICCANT WHICH HAS BEEN THERMALLY RECONCENTRATED AND SUBSEQUENTLY STRIPPED OF ADDITIONAL WATER BY THE UNDER-SATURATED VAPOR.