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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2018
Gang Chen, Carlisle, MA (US);
Svetlana Boriskina, Winchester, MA (US);
George NI, Waltham, MA (US);
Thomas Cooper, Toronto, CA;
Seyed Hadi Zandavi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Gang Chen, Carlisle, MA (US);
Svetlana Boriskina, Winchester, MA (US);
George Ni, Waltham, MA (US);
Thomas Cooper, Toronto, CA;
Seyed Hadi Zandavi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A solar vapor generator includes an absorber to absorb sunlight and an emitter, in thermal communication with the absorber, to radiatively evaporate a liquid under less than 1 sun illumination and without pressurization. The emitter is physically separated from the liquid, substantially reducing fouling of the emitter. The absorber and the emitter may also be heated to temperatures higher than the boiling point of the liquid and may thus may be used to further superheat the vapor. Solar vapor generation can provide the basis for many sustainable desalination, sanitization, and process heating technologies.