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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2019
Evoqua Water Technologies Llc, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Gary C Ganzi, Lexington, MA (US);
Joshua Griffis, Ashburnham, MA (US);
Simon Dukes, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Li-Shiang Liang, Harvard, MA (US);
Darren Adrian Dale, Chesterfield, GB;
Michael Shaw, Bedford, NH (US);
Paul Beddoes, Shirehampton, GB;
George Gu, Austin, TX (US);
Evoqua Water Technologies LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A water treatment system for producing potable water and water for irrigation from saline water, the system includes an electrodialysis apparatus including one or more monovalent selective membranes and having an inlet fluidly connectable to a source of water to be treated, a diluate outlet, and a concentrate outlet, a nanofiltration apparatus positioned downstream of the electrodialysis apparatus and having an inlet fluidly connectable to the diluate outlet of the electrodialysis apparatus, a permeate outlet, and a retentate outlet, and an electrolyzer in fluid communication with one of the concentrate outlet and the retentate outlet, and configured to generate a product stream including one or more of chlorine gas, hypochlorite ion, sodium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, or sodium hypochlorite.