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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2011
Applicants:
Edward A. Rietman, Nashua, NH (US);
Bart Lipkens, Hampden, MA (US);
Inventors:
Edward A. Rietman, Nashua, NH (US);
Bart Lipkens, Hampden, MA (US);
Assignee:
FloDesign Sonics, Inc., Wilbraham, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 63/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/44 (2006.01); B01D 29/00 (2006.01); C02F 9/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/34 (2006.01); C02F 1/48 (2006.01); B01D 63/06 (2006.01); C02F 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/441 (2013.01); B01D 63/06 (2013.01); C02F 1/36 (2013.01); B01D 2313/24 (2013.01); B01D 2313/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for desalination of salt water based on an engineered acoustic field that causes constructive and destructive interference at pre-computed spatial positions. The engineered acoustic field can cause high-pressure and low-pressure regions where desalination membranes are located. The induced pressure from the acoustic field can force pure water through the membranes leaving ionic and dissolved molecular species behind.