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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:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2009
Prakash N. Govindan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Mostafa H. Elsharqawy, Cambridge, MA (US);
John H. Lienhard, Lexington, MA (US);
Syed N. Zubair, Dhahran, SA;
Prakash N. Govindan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Mostafa H. Elsharqawy, Cambridge, MA (US);
John H. Lienhard, Lexington, MA (US);
Syed N. Zubair, Dhahran, SA;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kind Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
Water is substantially separated from a liquid mixture (e.g., saline water) that includes water using a humidification chamber at a lower pressure and a dehumidification chamber at a higher pressure. A carrier gas is flowed through the humidification chamber; and inside the humidification chamber, the carrier gas directly contacts the liquid mixture to humidify the carrier gas with evaporated water from the liquid mixture to produce a humidified gas flow. The humidified gas flow is then directed through the dehumidification chamber, where water is condensed from the humidified gas flow and collected. The absolute pressure inside the humidification chamber is at least 10% lower than the absolute pressure inside the dehumidification chamber.
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