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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Southern Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Dhansukhbhai V. Patel, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
The Southern Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/04 (2006.01); B01D 1/06 (2006.01); C02F 1/20 (2006.01); B01D 63/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/22 (2006.01); B01D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/048 (2013.01); C02F 1/20 (2013.01); B01D 63/00 (2013.01); B01D 53/22 (2013.01); C02F 1/04 (2013.01); B01D 1/0082 (2013.01); B01D 1/06 (2013.01); B01D 2311/08 (2013.01); B01D 2311/2673 (2013.01); B01D 2311/2669 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods for purifying a process water, which can comprise providing a process water comprising a first concentration of a first dissolved gas and a first concentration of a first dissolved ion, filtering the process water to create a filtered process water comprising a second concentration of the first dissolved gas, and evaporating the filtered process water to create a water vapor comprising a second concentration of the first dissolved ion that is less than the first concentration of the first dissolved ion.