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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Anurag Bajpayee, Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniel Kraemer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Andrew Jerome Muto, Cambridge, MA (US);
Gang Chen, Carlisle, MA (US);
John H. Lienhard, Lexington, MA (US);
Borivoje B. Mikic, Charlestown, MA (US);
Anurag Bajpayee, Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniel Kraemer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Andrew Jerome Muto, Cambridge, MA (US);
Gang Chen, Carlisle, MA (US);
John H. Lienhard, Lexington, MA (US);
Borivoje B. Mikic, Charlestown, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Substantially pure water is produced via desalination using a directional solvent that directionally dissolves water but does not dissolve salt. The directional solvent is heated to dissolve water from the salt solution into the directional solvent. The remaining highly concentrated salt water is removed, and the solution of directional solvent and water is cooled to precipitate substantially pure water out of the solution.