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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
Heather D. Willauer, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
John Barile, Summit Point, WV (US);
Felice Dimascio, Rock Hill, CT (US);
Dennis R Hardy, Alexandria, VA (US);
Frederick Williams, Accokeek, MD (US);
Heather D. Willauer, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
John Barile, Summit Point, WV (US);
Felice DiMascio, Rock Hill, CT (US);
Dennis R Hardy, Alexandria, VA (US);
Frederick Williams, Accokeek, MD (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method for recovering carbon dioxide from acidified seawater using a membrane contactor and passing seawater with a pH less than or equal to 6 over the outside of a hollow fiber membrane tube while applying vacuum or a hydrogen sweep gas to the inside of the hollow fiber membrane tube, wherein up to 92% of the re-equilibrated [CO]is removed from the natural seawater.