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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2018
Xdi Holdings, Llc, Bedford, NH (US);
James Charles Juranitch, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Alan C. Reynolds, Novi, MI (US);
Raymond C. Skinner, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Thomas Raymond Juranitch, Delray Beach, FL (US);
XDI Holdings, LLC, Bedford, NH (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for harvesting salt, and other valued material, and generating distilled water from at least one of a produced water and salt water. The system can include a direct steam generator (DSG) configured to generate saturated steam and combustion exhaust constituents. The system can include a separation system operating after the DSG, configured to separate salt from the saturated steam and combustion exhaust constituents in at least one of brine form and solid form. The system can include an energy recovery system that includes an expansion turbine configured to recover energy from the steam and exhaust constituents.