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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
Applicant:
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, SA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 61/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 61/364 (2013.01); B01D 61/366 (2013.01); B01D 2313/221 (2022.08); B01D 2317/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A membrane distillation module includes a housing having a hot inlet for receiving a hot feed and a hot outlet for expelling the hot feed; a porous membrane located inside the housing and having an outside surface that defines an enclosure, the outside surface being configured to contact the hot feed, wherein the porous membrane is configured to prevent the hot feed from passing from outside the porous membrane to an inside of the enclosure; and a non-porous conduit located inside the enclosure, the non-porous conduit having an inlet for receiving a cold feed and an outlet for expelling the cold feed.