公开(公告)号：EP3280515A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-14

申请号：EP16709860.7

申请日：2016-02-23

申请人： General Electric Company

发明人： PEREIRA, Ricardo Hernandez ,  RUETTEN, Jens ,  CINELLI, Bernardo Alves ,  COSTA, Ana Carolina Miranda

IPC分类号： B01D61/36 ,  C02F1/44

CPC分类号： C02F1/447 ,  B01D61/364 ,  B01D61/366 ,  B01D61/368 ,  B01D2313/24 ,  B01D2313/246 ,  C02F2101/10 ,  C02F2103/08 ,  Y02A20/128

摘要： A membrane distillation drive assembly including a vapor compressor, a steam expander and a prime mover, wherein a total vapor compressor load is shared between the steam expander and the prime mover. The membrane distillation drive assembly configured for driving a membrane distillation system further comprising a MD module disposed within an object and configured to receive an input feed stream and produce an output product flow stream. The vapor compressor configured to receive an input flow of low pressure steam and produce a compressed output flow, the steam expander configured to receive an input flow of high pressure steam and produce an expanded output flow. The compressed output flow and the expanded output flow provide an output flow of intermediate pressure steam to the MD module. The prime mover is coupled to the vapor compressor by one of a mechanical or electrical coupling.