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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Fluid Equipment Development Company, Llc, Monroe, MI (US);
Inventor:
Eli Oklejas, Jr., Newport, MI (US);
Assignee:
FLUID EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC, Monroe, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 61/02 (2006.01); B01D 61/06 (2006.01); B01D 61/12 (2006.01); B01D 61/08 (2006.01); C02F 1/26 (2006.01); C02F 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 61/025 (2013.01); B01D 61/06 (2013.01); B01D 61/08 (2013.01); B01D 61/12 (2013.01); C02F 1/265 (2013.01); C02F 1/441 (2013.01); B01D 2311/08 (2013.01); B01D 2311/246 (2013.01); B01D 2313/14 (2013.01); B01D 2313/18 (2013.01); B01D 2313/246 (2013.01); B01D 2313/50 (2013.01); C02F 2201/005 (2013.01); C02F 2303/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reverse osmosis system and method of operating the same includes a membrane housing comprising a reverse osmosis membrane therein. The membrane housing has a feed fluid input, a brine outlet and a permeate outlet; The system further includes a charge pump, a plurality of valves and a tank having a volume comprising a movable partition dividing the volume into a first volume and a second volume. The plurality of valves selectively couples the charge pump to the first volume or the second volume and the brine outlet to the second volume or the first volume respectively.