MULTI-STAGE MEMBRANE DISTILLATION DEVICE AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230347292A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-02

    申请号:US18016895

    申请日:2021-07-16

    CPC classification number: B01D61/3641 B01D61/366 B01D2313/54 B01D2313/56

    Abstract: A method for assembling a scalable, multi-stage membrane distillation module includes providing plural thermal conduction layers, plural first gaskets, plural membranes for distilling water, and plural second gaskets, where a periphery of each layer and gasket has plural holes formed all around the periphery, stacking on top of each other a first thermal conduction layer, a first gasket, a first membrane, and a second gasket, to form a first stage, stacking on top of each other, and also on top of the first stage, a second thermal conduction layer, a third gasket, a second membrane, and a fourth gasket, to form a second stage, placing plural bolts through the plural holes formed all around the periphery of each layer and each gasket of the first and second stages, and tightening with nuts the plural bolts to form one evaporation layer and one condensation layer for each of the first and second stages.

    OSMOTIC ENERGY CONVERSION WITH MXENE LAMELLAR MEMBRANE-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210175789A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-10

    申请号:US16702737

    申请日:2019-12-04

    Abstract: An osmotic energy conversion system includes a housing having a first inlet and a second inlet, an MXene lamellar membrane located inside the housing and configured to divide the housing into a first chamber and a second chamber, and first and second electrodes placed in the first and second chambers, respectively, and configured to collect electrical energy generated by a salinity-gradient formed by first and second liquids across the MXene lamellar membrane. The first chamber is configured to receive the first liquid at the first inlet and the second chamber is configured to receive the second liquid at the second inlet. The first liquid has a salinity lower than the second liquid, and the MXene lamellar membrane includes plural nanosheets of MXene stacked on top of each other.

    METHOD FOR PREPARING MICROSTRUCTURE ARRAYS ON THE SURFACE OF THIN FILM MATERIAL

    公开(公告)号:US20200086277A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-19

    申请号:US15750742

    申请日:2016-08-05

    Abstract: Methods are provided for growing a thin film of a nanoscale material. Thin films of nanoscale materials are also provided. The films can be grown with microscale patterning. The method can include vacuum filtration of a solution containing the nanostructured material through a porous substrate. The porous substrate can have a pore size that is comparable to the size of the nanoscale material. By patterning the pores on the surface of the substrate, a film can be grown having the pattern on a surface of the thin film, including on the top surface opposite the substrate. The nanoscale material can be graphene, graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, molybdenum disulfide, hexagonal membrane boron nitride, tungsten diselenide, molybdenum trioxide, or clays such as montmorillonite or lapnotie. The porous strate can be a porous organic or inorganic membrane, a silicon stencil membrane, or similar membrane having pore sizes on the order of microns.

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