MEMBRANE DISTILLATION MODULE AND MULTI-EFFECT PROCESS

    公开(公告)号:US20210260532A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US17260661

    申请日:2018-07-23

    Abstract: A membrane distillation module includes a housing having a hot inlet for receiving a hot feed and a hot outlet for expelling the hot feed; a porous membrane located inside the housing and having an outside surface that defines an enclosure, the outside surface being configured to contact the hot feed, wherein the porous membrane is configured to prevent the hot feed from passing from outside the porous membrane to an inside of the enclosure; and a non-porous conduit located inside the enclosure, the non-porous conduit having an inlet for receiving a cold feed and an outlet for expelling the cold feed.

    METHOD FOR HYBRIDIZED DESALINATION SYSTEM USING MEMBRANE DISTILLATION AND ADSORPTION DESALINATION CYCLES

    公开(公告)号:US20200148558A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-14

    申请号:US16316190

    申请日:2017-08-03

    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a desalination system, comprising a membrane distillation unit; a preheater having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet, the outlet being in communication with the inlet; an evaporator in communication with the liquid outlet of the MD, and having a fluid inlet configured to provide heat to aqueous liquid in the evaporator, the evaporator having a vapor outlet; at least one adsorption-desorption unit, having a vapor inlet in communication with the vapor outlet of the evaporator, the AD including a fluid inlet configured to receive either a heating or a cooling fluid and a fluid outlet, the AD having a vapor outlet and further including a fluid inlet in communication with the fluid inlet of the AD, a fluid outlet in communication with the heating fluid inlet of the preheater; and a condenser in communication with the permeate vapor outlet of the MD or the AD or both and having a condensation outlet.

    OCEAN THERMOCLINE DRIVEN MEMBRANE DISTILLATION PROCESS

    公开(公告)号:US20190002310A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-03

    申请号:US16068010

    申请日:2017-01-13

    Abstract: Systems and methods using membrane distillation are provided for desalinating water, for example for the production of potable water, to address freshwater requirements. In an aspect the systems and methods do not require applying an external heat source, or the energy cost of the heating source, to heat the feed stream to the membrane. In an aspect, the sensible heat present in surface seawater is used for the heat energy for the warm stream fed to the membrane, and deep seawater is used as the cold/coolant feed to the membrane to provide the needed temperature gradient or differential across the membrane.

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