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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jack Herron, Corvallis, OR (US);
Robert Salter, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Osmotek, Inc., Albany, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/44 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed amembrane assisted evaporation process (MAE) for economically and reliably removing water added to brine. The process comprises using low-grade waste heat and air to evaporate water from diluted salt brines when the water moves across a membrane in a liquid state.