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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2009
Heather D. Willauer, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Dennis R Hardy, California, MD (US);
M. Kathleen Lewis, Lake Ariel, PA (US);
Ejiogu C. Ndubizu, Burtonsville, MD (US);
Frederick Williams, Accokeek, MD (US);
Heather D. Willauer, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Dennis R Hardy, California, MD (US);
M. Kathleen Lewis, Lake Ariel, PA (US);
Ejiogu C. Ndubizu, Burtonsville, MD (US);
Frederick Williams, Accokeek, MD (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to a system for recovering COfrom seawater or aqueous bicarbonate solutions using a gas permeable membrane with multiple layers. At elevated pressures, gaseous COand bound COin the ionic form of bicarbonate and carbonate diffuse from the seawater or bicarbonate solution through the multiple layers of the membrane. Also disclosed is the related method of recovering COfrom seawater or aqueous bicarbonate solutions.