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APPLICATION
int. CIA C01D 3/06, C01D 3 / 0 8 ,
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Application number: 93116320.8
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Date of filing: 08.10.93
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Priority: 30.12.92 US 998927
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Date of publication of application:
06.07.94 Bulletin 94/27
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Designated Contracting States:
CH DE FR GB IT LI NL
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Date of deferred publication of the search report:
05.10.94 Bulletin 94/40
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PATENT
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Applicant: Texas Brine Corporation
4800 San Felipe
Houston Texas 77056 (US)
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Inventor: Becnel, Lawrence F., Jr.
3107 W. Autumn Run Circle
Sugarland, Texas 77479 (US)
Inventor: Currey, John E.
8327 Triple Crown
Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas 78006 (US)
Inventor: Ver Hoeve, Raymond W.
4731 Ivanhoe
Houston, Texas 77027 (US)
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Representative: Weisert, Annekate, Dipl.-lng.
Dr.-lng. et al
Patentanwalte
Kraus Weisert & Partner
Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15
D-80539 Munchen (DE)
Evaporative salt plant.
0 This invention relates to an evaporative salt plant
design including methods of operation and apparatus
which produce high purity salt economically and in
high yield comprising the combination of a gas turbine which drives a vapor compressor, whose exhaust gases are used to produce steam to drive a
topping steam turbine generator, which in turn generates the electrical energy requirements of the
plant, and wherein the discharge vapors from the
steam turbine are combined with the discharge vapors from the vapor compressor, which is in turn in
combintion with a vapor compression evaporator and
a purge evaporator, whereby both evaporators produce salt, and where the overhead vapors of the
purge evaporator are used in a brine cooled condenser to preheat input cold brine, thereby producing water condensate which is recovered, along with
evaporator steam chest condensate streams, and
used in solution mining underground salt, thereby
allowing for both the productive use and recovery of
substantially all the raw material and energy inputs
to the plant, and the friendly environmental operation
of the plant.
Rank Xerox (UK) Business Services
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DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT
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of relevant passages
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FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SALT,
NORTHEN OHIO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
pages 335 - 339
A. PAVLIK, G. ARCANGELI, J. C. GALLOT
'Description and operation of a high
capacity evaporator for the production of
a very pure chemical grade salt1
* pages 335,336 " Evaporator design " *
* figure 2 *
1,6,8-10
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US-A-2 660 236 (WILLIAM H. FARNSWORTH)
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US-A-2 588 099 (WILLIAM H. FARNSWORTH)
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DATABASE WPI
Section PQ, Week 8804,
Derwent Publications Ltd., London, GB;
Class q52T AN 88-027638
& SU-A-1 317 174 (AIR GAS TURBO COOL) 15
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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN
vol. 016, no. 157 (M-1236) 16 April 1992
& JP-A-04 008 828 (MITSUI ENG & SHIPBUILD
CO LTD) 13 January
1992
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FR-A-2 334 825 (COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE
D' ETUDES ET DE CONSTRUCTION "TECHNIP")
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
APPLICATION (Int.Cl.S)
C01D3/06
C01D3/08
B01D1/28
B01D1/26
technics. fields
SEARCHED (Int.C1.5)
C01D
B01D
Exantaer
Rigondaud, B
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after the filing date
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L : document cited for other reasons
&: member of the same patent family, corresponding
document