Method of water purification

Claim 2

continuously replenishing said supply of saline water by introduction of fresh saline water from said externally available source thereof,

Claim 3

continuously replenishing said supply of saline water by introduction of fresh saline water from said externally available source thereof,

Claim 4

continuously removing unevaporated portions of said saline water from said supply,

Claim 5

The method according to claim 1 wherein the encapsulating liquid comprises water and a foaming agent and including the step of at least partially recycling the encapsulating liquid.

Claim 6

continuously removing unevaporated portions of said saline water from said supply,

Claim 7

initially condensing a substantial portion of said water vapor from said gaseous mixture to produce a discrete readily removable fresh water condensate,

Claim 8

The method according to claim 1 wherein the encapsulating liquid comprises water and a foaming agent and including the steps of removing an amount of liquid corresponding to the condensation product in the effluent from said chambers, replenishing the remaining encapsulating liquid with foaming agent and returning the replenished encapsulating liquid to the upper extremity of said chamber to effect encapsulation of further of said bodies.

Claim 9

initially condensing a substantial portion of said water vapor from said gaseous mixture to produce a discrete readily removable fresh water condensate,

Claim 10

continuously removing portions of said discrete fresh water condensate from the locus of condensation thereof to provide a discrete immediately utilizable product,

Claim 11

The method as set forth in claim 2 wherein said product has a value of about 0.12.

Claim 12

continuously removing portions of said discrete fresh water condensate from the locus of condensation thereof to provide a discrete immediately utilizable product,

Claim 13

continuously encapsulating, essentially within a multi-element bubble-like foam constituted by a multiplicity of interengaged films of encapsulating liquid bodies of non-condensible components and residual water vapor of said gaseous mixture in the upper portions of a multiplicity of elongate substantially vertical chambers in such manner that said foam encapsulated bodies, during the early portion of their subsequent downward displacement, are at least compositely substantially equal in area and dimension to the horizontal cross-section of said chambers, said chambers having a horizontal cross-sectional area of such character that the product of the length in inches of the wetted perimeter thereof and the maximum distance in inches between any two points thereon has a numerical value of less than 0.6,

Claim 14

continuously encapsulating, essentially within a multi-element bubble-like foam constituted by a multiplicity of interengaged films of encapsulating liquid, bodies of the non-condensible components and the residual water vapor of said gaseous mixture in the upper portion of at least one elongate substantially vertical chamber in such manner that such foam encapsulated bodies during the early portion of their subsequent downward displacement are at least compositely substantially equal in area and dimension to the horizontal cross-section of said chamber,

Claim 15

selectively imparting downward displaceMent and concurrent compression of said encapsulated bodies within the upper portion of said chamber by the weight of the liquid defining subsequently encapsulated bodies disposed thereabove to provide an effluent deliverable from the lower portion thereof,

Claim 16

selectively imparting downward displacement and concurrent compression of said encapsulated bodies within the upper portions of said chambers by the weight of the liquid defining subsequently encapsulated bodies disposed thereabove to provide an effluent deliverable from the lower portions thereof, 8. releasing the effluent from said multiplicity of chambers into a confined common stream having a flow velocity that is relatively high compared to the rate of flow of liquid through said chambers and is of a magnitude to effect displacement of said effluent and any gas bodies contained therein away from said chambers and transfer thereof to a location external of the locus of evaporation,

Claim 17

and maintaining the temperature of the encapsulating liquid below the condensation point of the water vapor contained within said encapsulated bodies to effect substantial condensation thereof during the downward displacement of said bodies.

Claim 18

and maintaining the temperature of the encapsulating liquid below the condensation point of the water vapor contained within said encapsulated bodies to effect substantial condensation thereof during the downward displacement of said bodies.