Recovery of potable water from sanitary waste using solid wastes and refuse as a heat source

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR DISPOSING OF DAILY REQUIREMENTS OF LIQUID SANITARY WASTES,WITH RECOVERY OF CLEAN POTABLE WATER THEREFROM, AND FOR DISPOSING OF DAILY REQUIREMENTS OF SOLID WASTES, SAID PROCESS CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF INCINERATING THE SOLID WASTES AT A TEMPERATURE OF 1,300*F TO ABOUT 2,000*F TO PRODUCE COMBUSTION GASES AND A SOLID, SUBSTANTIALLY NONCOMBUSTIBLE RESIDUE, THEREAFTER ATOMIZING AQUEOUS LIQUID INTO SAID COMBUSTION GASES LOWER THE TEMPERATURE THEREOF TO ABOUT 275*F TO ABOUT 350*F, REMOVING ENTRAINED SOLIDS FROM THE COOLED COMBUSTION GASES, THEREAFTER COOLING THE RESULTING GAS STREAM BY INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE WITH LIQUID SANITARY WASTES TO A TEMPERATURE OF 70*-180*F TO CONDENSE WATER VAPOR IN SAID GASES, THE LIQUID SANITARY WASTES FROM THE INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE BEING THE AQUEOUS LIQUID WHICH IS ATOMIZED INTO THE COMBUSTION GASES AND DISCHARGING THE GASES, FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE GASES AND DISCHARGING THE GASES, COOLING THE CONDENSED WATER TO A TEMPERATURE OF LESS THAN ABOUT 90*F, TO PRODUCE CLEAN POTABLE WATER.