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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:
Feb. 27, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2023
Applicant:

Via Separations, Inc., Watertown, MA (US);

Inventors:

Kyle Vanzandt, Watertown, MA (US);

Marcus Lundgren, Cambridge, MA (US);

Brent D. Keller, Somerville, MA (US);

Assignee:

Via Separations, Inc., Watertown, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 71/02 (2006.01); F25B 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 43/00 (2013.01); B01D 71/024 (2013.01); B01D 2311/04 (2013.01); B01D 2311/106 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for processing a feed includes a membrane system configured to receive the feed and produce a concentrate and a permeate, wherein the membrane system includes an active cooling system, a passive cooling system, or a combination thereof. Further, the system includes a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the membrane system and disposed upstream of the membrane system, such that the feed enters the heat exchanger prior to entering the membrane system, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to cool the feed and heat the concentrate by transferring heat from the feed to the concentrate.


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