WO2020121224A1 - Dispositif gonflable et portable en forme de dôme qui potabilise l'eau par distillation et condensation - Google Patents

Dispositif gonflable et portable en forme de dôme qui potabilise l'eau par distillation et condensation Download PDF

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WO2020121224A1
WO2020121224A1 PCT/IB2019/060673 IB2019060673W WO2020121224A1 WO 2020121224 A1 WO2020121224 A1 WO 2020121224A1 IB 2019060673 W IB2019060673 W IB 2019060673W WO 2020121224 A1 WO2020121224 A1 WO 2020121224A1
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Maria Angelica MONTOYA RODRIGUEZ
Javier Antonio MONTOYA BARRAGAN
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D5/00—Condensation of vapours; Recovering volatile solvents by condensation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C9/00—Life-saving in water
    • B63C9/08—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F1/00—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F1/00—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C02F1/02—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by heating
    • C02F1/04—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by heating by distillation or evaporation
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F1/00—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C02F1/02—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by heating
    • C02F1/04—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by heating by distillation or evaporation
    • C02F1/18—Transportable devices to obtain potable water
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F1/00—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C02F1/44—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by dialysis, osmosis or reverse osmosis
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
    • Y02A20/20—Controlling water pollution; Waste water treatment
    • Y02A20/208—Off-grid powered water treatment

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  • the present invention falls within the field of water distillation and condensation apparatus and, more particularly, infallible solar distillation devices having a space for water vaporization.
  • This dome belongs to the area of health and naval security elements.
  • the condensation distillation system of water vapor exists in the world industry as a mechanism to obtain drinking water from water sources not suitable for consumption, such as sea water or waters with organic pollutants. But this system is conditioned by a very voluminous infrastructure, requires artificial caloric energy, and its fusion is mainly for hospital use.
  • the design of plants, bioreactors and portable devices that use this principle seeks to offer alternatives for the purification of water, according to the needs of the volume obtained or the time necessary to obtain it.
  • US Patent 3,227,630 discloses a heat exchanger for use in converting seawater to freshwater by distillation.
  • One form of apparatus used to effect that conversion incorporates a heat exchanger, the heat transfer walls of which separate spaces in which a compressor maintains different fluid pressures.
  • the water vapor released by the seawater supplied to the lower pressure space is delivered to the compressor, which is discharged into the higher pressure space where the steam condenses and emits heat condensation, which is transferred through the heat exchanger walls.
  • This exchanger is large and depends on the membrane exposure area for its operation, and its basic structure is cylindrical with convex terminations to locate the pool containing seawater at one end and the vault at the other end. which condenses the steam.
  • the Spanish patent ES8609160 discloses an accelerated solar salt water distiller that comprises a greenhouse-type body (35) composed of transparent glass panels (1) framed by rubber gaskets, where along the top vertex formed by the union of panels is it has provided a tubular duct (2), through which hot air (7) heated by the solar system with photovoltaic cells and accumulators circulates; where the body (35) covers a salt water tank, and where the hot air from the distiller circulates in a closed circuit through a tube with an inverted ⁇ y> section, with the upper foot in communication with the solar air heater and the free ends with the outlets (9) for drinking water (8).
  • this distiller requires an energy source that mobilizes hot air, requiring an electric fan.
  • Spanish document ES1052720 teaches a solar water distiller characterized by being made up of a container capable of containing liquids, thermally insulated and closed at the top by a removable or folding dome or hood, made of transparent material suitable for producing the greenhouse effect. inside the distiller, and have a channel along the inner perimeter of the hood or container, located above the maximum content level of the container, in which the condensed water is collected on the interior surface of the dome, and an outlet duct to the outside of the distiller of the liquid collected in the channel. It requires electric heating resistors inside.
  • Documents that develop portable devices for water distillation include: US3,125,091 patent disclosing a solar energy collector that is reliable and has an integral zonal portion or integral zoned portions designed to focus solar energy on a predetermined restricted area. Said zoned portion may be in the form of a lens and / or in the form of a mirror.
  • This collector is cylindrical or spherical in shape so that n is stable on the surface, making the heat dissipate with the change of position of the collector.
  • Patent US3,351,536 shows a solar alembic for providing drinking water from seawater, comprising an evaporation chamber covered by a transparent plastic dome containing a plurality of integrally formed magnifying lenses.
  • a condensation chamber Oriented below and interconnected with the evaporation chamber is a condensation chamber that has high-temperature conductive metal walls whose exteriors are in contact with seawater when the alembic floats above the surface.
  • a floating tube surrounds the circumference of the condensation chamber to stabilize the alembic on the sea surface.
  • the condensation chamber is a container or metal container, so its structure is rigid and heavy.
  • Patent application W001 / 10784 discloses a water alembic comprising a chamber having a substantially waterproof upper section and a base coupled to the substantially waterproof upper section, the base formed from a membrane supporting a water evaporation process. through it; and a water collection well that has an opening within which condensed water droplets are collected within the chamber of the water evaporation process, the water collection well located within the base and generally extending into outside from there.
  • This alembic requires a central axis to support its structure, through the appropriate coupling of the outer layer.
  • the present invention solves this problem by providing a flexible and reliable dome of lightweight waterproof material, which allows vapor to be recovered from non-potable water, to condense and use it for survival. It consists of an internal chamber or dome (2) contains the non-potable water and an external chamber or dome (1) recovers the steam generated by the sun's rays.
  • a first embodiment of the invention is an infallible dome consisting of two separate double membrane chambers; the inner chamber or dome (2) serves as a reservoir for unstoppable water. This has a lateral water inlet with a plug, or filling valve (4), and an upper opening or outlet hole (3) to allow steam to escape. It is made of a lightweight material that can be a synthetic material obtained by polymerizing carbon, such as plastic or another type of semi-permeable membrane, and its bottom (9) is made of a material that concentrates the rays of the sun, preferably dark in color.
  • the chamber or external dome (1) is made of waterproof or non-porous, double membrane material and has an opening or extraction valve with a cap (5) to remove the water collected by the condensation process.
  • Both chambers have their respective inflation valve (6) separately and the inner chamber (2), a drain plug (1 1).
  • the inner chamber (2) receives the unstoppable water, the sun heats it and the steam rises through the upper opening (3) towards the outer chamber, where the drinking water condenses and accumulates.
  • a second embodiment of the invention is an infiable, portable dome, consisting of an infallible frame that forms a convex surface.
  • the external chamber (1) and the internal chamber (2) have inflatable tubular structures (12) that make up the frame and go from the medial part to the upper end of the dome, supporting the respective membranes that enclose the chambers (1, two).
  • the survivor In the case of shipwrecks, the survivor must periodically throw handfuls of water on the external dome (1), to accelerate condensation.
  • the bottom of the external dome (10) may be orange in color, to aid location by rescue crews.
  • the dome has a ring system, safety rope (7) and elastic band (8) for the wrist, to prevent it from being lost in the drift.
  • the natural market for this device is sea and air transport, as an integral part of the survival kit.
  • the system can be used on the deck of ships, to obtain a regular water source.
  • Figure 1 Isometric view of the infiable and portable dome-shaped device with double-membrane cameras.
  • Figure 2 Isometric view of the infiable and portable device with domed hoses.
  • Figure 1 shows the main structure of the reliable and portable dome-shaped device of the present invention. It is a system of two cameras (1, 2) integrated one inside the other.
  • the external chamber or external dome (1) is a waterproof membrane structure, with an air chamber between its two sheets, to allow inflation. It covers the entire system and allows sunlight to pass through and captures water vapor.
  • the internal chamber or internal dome (2) is a structure similar to the external one, but smaller, contained within the other, and with an upper opening (3) that gives steamed into the outer chamber (1).
  • the base or bottom of this internal container (9) is the reservoir for seawater or the water to be distilled. It also has a filling valve (4), which is a conduit that communicates the external side with the internal dome (2) to allow the loading or unloading of salt water or water to be distilled. It has a closing mechanism, preferably a plastic cap.
  • This dome or internal chamber (2) is made of a material and color that captures, concentrates and transfers light and heat at the top and dark in color on the seat or bottom of the container (9) and all of it is attached to the bottom of the outer dome (1).
  • the external chamber (1) also has an extraction valve (5) to recover the water obtained in the process.
  • This valve (5) is a conduit that communicates the external side, with the container or bottom of the external dome (10) that is the drinking water tank, which is extracted by tilting, or with a straw.
  • the external chamber (1) that contains the internal dome (2) is made up of a dome partially or totally covered by material that concentrates and captures heat, inflated by a valve (4), generally located in the lower one.
  • the bottom of the external chamber (1) is a striking / reflective color to guide location from the air.
  • Both chambers have inflation valves (6), these being two or more valves for inflating by pulmonary pressure or mechanical pumping, the membranes of the air chambers of the respective domes.
  • the chambers or domes (1, 2) are made of a double layer of material, which has small coils or air bags to maintain the inflation structure.
  • FIG 2 shows the modality where the structure of the external chamber (1) is formed by inflatable tubular structures (1 2) that go from the medial part or from the base to the upper end of the dome, supporting the membrane that encloses the chamber. (one ).
  • the internal chamber (2) can be with this same form of infiable frame or of the pool type (13) (figure 2).
  • This modality does not require double membranes for the cameras (1, 2).
  • the membrane of the outer chamber (1) is supported with a series of hoses or inflatable tubular structures (12) that will shape the dome when it receives air through an inflation valve (6), common to all hoses.
  • the number of inflatable tubular structures (12) can be variable.
  • the interior chamber design (2) is with the same inflatable tubular (12) or pool-type structures (13), and the margins can be any height, since the ideal is to have the maximum water surface in that container, because the distilled water will drop by gravity and can be placed in a storage container, this in order to avoid evaporation again.
  • Various systems are also proposed for loading or filling the inner chamber. It can be by inserting a lower tube with a removable elbow (14) as seen in figure 2, or a filling valve (4) with a cap.
  • hoses or tubular inflatables (12) are orange in color, making it easy to detect, such as if it were a locating buoy that can be seen in the distance, or from an airplane.
  • the dark color, preferably black, of the background enhances the sun's heat.
  • the side outlet valve (5) is level with the floor, however, it can be a lower outlet.
  • the bottom of the container (9) is adhered to the bottom of the outer dome (10), which allows the device not to require an infiable base to be stable, but rather the weight of the liquid located at the base of the device. , combined with the infallible structures that make up the chambers (1, 2) make it always stay in the same position.
  • this reliable and portable dome-shaped device does not require rigid structures for its assembly or assembly, which allows it to be compact, lightweight and practical to use.
  • catalytic paint, or any other type of material that absorbs heat in the inner chamber (2) or pool, and cold paint or cooling material at the base of the outer chamber (1) can be used.
  • the device has a mechanism to ensure its adjustment to the user, this mechanism is made up of a side ring at the level of the base where it has a safety rope (7) and an elastic band (8) for adjustment on the wrist, ankle or another place of attachment, the above to avoid the loss of the dome due to waves, water currents, winds and adverse environmental conditions.
  • the internal dome (2) can optionally have a drain plug (1 1) at the bottom of the container, where the residual water is evacuated.
  • the filling valve (4) can also serve this purpose.
  • a capsule or automatic inflation valve can be incorporated as an inflation valve (6).
  • These automatic capsules can be any of those known in the state of the art.
  • the reliable and portable dome-shaped device of the present invention can be used as a water condenser and still and as a locating buoy.

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La présente invention concerne un dôme souple et gonflable en matériau imperméable léger, qui permet de récupérer la vapeur d'eau non potable, pour la condenser et l'utiliser pour la survie. L'invention est constituée d'une chambre ou dôme interne (2) qui contient l'eau non potable et une chambre ou dôme externe (1) qui récupère la vapeur générée par les rayons du soleil. Un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention concerne un dôme gonflable qui est constitué de deux chambres séparées à double membrane; la chambre ou dôme intérieur (2) sert de réservoir de l'eau non potable. Un second mode de réalisation de l'invention concerne un dôme gonflable, portable, constitué d'une armature gonflable qui forme une surface convexe.
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US3415719A (en) * 1966-05-11 1968-12-10 Melpar Inc Collapsible solar still with water vapor permeable membrane
WO1999051528A1 (fr) * 1998-04-07 1999-10-14 Tibor Major Dispositif de distillation
US20060091076A1 (en) * 2004-11-01 2006-05-04 Marcellus Michael T Solar powered rescue and/or utility device for producing portable water from salt water, brine water or impure water
WO2008151350A1 (fr) * 2007-06-13 2008-12-18 Aquaset Gmbh Dispositif portable pour produire de l'eau potable

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US3415719A (en) * 1966-05-11 1968-12-10 Melpar Inc Collapsible solar still with water vapor permeable membrane
WO1999051528A1 (fr) * 1998-04-07 1999-10-14 Tibor Major Dispositif de distillation
US20060091076A1 (en) * 2004-11-01 2006-05-04 Marcellus Michael T Solar powered rescue and/or utility device for producing portable water from salt water, brine water or impure water
WO2008151350A1 (fr) * 2007-06-13 2008-12-18 Aquaset Gmbh Dispositif portable pour produire de l'eau potable

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