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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Deepwater Desal Llc, Moss Landing, CA (US);
Inventor:
Brent R. Constantz, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
DeepWater Desal LLC, Moss Landing, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/16 (2006.01); C02F 1/44 (2006.01); C02F 103/08 (2006.01); B01D 61/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/16 (2013.01); C02F 1/441 (2013.01); B01D 61/025 (2013.01); C02F 2103/08 (2013.01); C02F 2303/10 (2013.01); Y02A 20/124 (2018.01); Y02A 20/131 (2018.01); Y02W 10/30 (2015.05); Y02W 10/33 (2015.05); Y02W 10/37 (2015.05);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems for refrigeration facility cooling and water desalination. In certain aspects, the systems include a refrigeration facility having a water cooling subsystem configured to receive cool water and output warm water and a desalination plant co-located with the refrigeration facility and configured to receive and desalinate the warm water. Aspects of the invention also include methods for cooling a refrigeration facility using a water cooling subsystem and desalinating water with a desalination plant that is co-located with the refrigeration facility.