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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 05, 2019
Applicants:

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Hyunho Kim, Cambridge, MA (US);

Sungwoo Yang, Cambridge, MA (US);

Sameer R. Rao, Colonie, NY (US);

Shankar Narayanan, Cambridge, MA (US);

Eugene A. Kapustin, Berkeley, CA (US);

Hiroyasu Furukawa, Berkeley, CA (US);

Ari S. Umans, Belmont, MA (US);

Omar M. Yaghi, Berkeley, CA (US);

Evelyn N. Wang, Cambridge, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03B 3/28 (2006.01); C02F 1/28 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); B01D 15/36 (2006.01); B01J 20/22 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01); B01J 20/20 (2006.01); B01J 20/32 (2006.01); B01J 20/10 (2006.01); B01J 20/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03B 3/28 (2013.01); B01D 5/0003 (2013.01); B01D 5/006 (2013.01); B01D 5/0015 (2013.01); B01D 15/36 (2013.01); B01D 53/261 (2013.01); B01J 20/103 (2013.01); B01J 20/20 (2013.01); B01J 20/226 (2013.01); B01J 20/28047 (2013.01); B01J 20/3204 (2013.01); B01J 20/324 (2013.01); B01J 20/3236 (2013.01); B01J 20/3238 (2013.01); C02F 1/288 (2013.01); B01D 2253/204 (2013.01); B01D 2257/80 (2013.01); B01D 2258/06 (2013.01); B01D 2259/40098 (2013.01); B01D 2259/80 (2013.01); C02F 2201/001 (2013.01); C02F 2201/32 (2013.01); Y02A 20/109 (2018.01);
Abstract

A water-harvesting system can operate with a material that can take up and release water with minimum energy requirements and powered by low-grade energy sources, such as sunlight, in order to potentially allow its deployment into households, especially those located in sunny regions. A water-harvesting method and system can include vapor adsorption using a porous metal-organic framework. In certain embodiments, the porous metal-organic framework can include metal-organic framework in ambient air with low relative humidity, typical of the levels found in most dry regions of the world.


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