Distillation: apparatus inventions 08/06

20060180459 - Gasifier: The present invention provides an improved gasifier, consisting of two separate and functionally different combustion zones within a common insulated chamber. Solid carbonaceous fuel enters the gasifier through an input feed. A spindle assembly, which is affixed to one end of the chamber, rotates, causing a mixing of the fuel...

20060180460 - Apparatus and method for water purification using solar energy: An apparatus for the desalination or purification of water comprises a non-solid vessel 3 having a bottom defining an opening, the vessel 3 capable of being partially submerged below the surface 13 of a body of water, a pan 5 located within the vessel 3, the pan 5 being flexibly...

20060175188 - Coke drum bottom throttling valve and system: A coke drum bottom de-heading system having an internal shroud enclosure and a shroud end cap opened by a flange to a coke bottom de-heading valve capable of accepting the end of a gate valve upon actuation. Acting in coordination with the shroud enclosure to prevent the escape of steam...

20060169573 - Liquid/liquid exchange column: The contact between, for example, ascending liquid droplets of lighter liquid, as the dispersed phase, and heavier liquid, as the continuous phase, flowing across perforated trays in a flooded liquid/liquid contacting column, is enhanced by providing upstanding baffles on lower trays, interspersed with depending baffles from the trays above. The...