Apparatus for evaporative concentration of water to be treated, which uses hot lime softening, and method for evaporative concentration of water using the same

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PATENT NO 10294137
APP PUB NO 20170088452A1
SERIAL NO

15268985

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An apparatus for evaporative concentration of water, containing hardness-causing substances, to be treated using hot lime softening, includes: a first evaporator configured to form first concentrated water from the water to be treated by evaporatively concentrating the water by first heat exchange with hot steam; a hot lime softener configured to precipitate and to separate hardness-causing substances contained in the first concentrated water from at least a portion of the first concentrated water from the first evaporator by reaction with lime and configured to remove the hardness-causing substances from the first concentrated water; and a second evaporator configured to form second concentrated water by further evaporatively concentrating at least a portion of the first concentrated water that passed through the hot lime softener by second heat exchange with hot steam.

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  • DOOSAN HEAVY INDUSTRIES CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kang, Weekwan Seoul, KR 4 2
Kim, Sangmoon Seoul, KR 5 4
Lee, Gunmyung Daegu, KR 6 2

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