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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:
Jan. 25, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2017
Applicant:

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, SA;

Inventors:

Noreddine Ghaffour, Thuwal, SA;

Kim Choon Ng, Thuwal, SA;

Kyaw Thu, Thuwal, SA;

Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Rahim Yar Khan, PK;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/28 (2006.01); C02F 1/44 (2006.01); B01D 61/36 (2006.01); C02F 103/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/447 (2013.01); B01D 61/364 (2013.01); B01D 61/366 (2013.01); C02F 1/281 (2013.01); B01D 2311/2626 (2013.01); B01D 2313/40 (2013.01); C02F 2103/08 (2013.01); C02F 2301/063 (2013.01); C02F 2301/08 (2013.01); C02F 2303/10 (2013.01);
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.


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