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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Somenath Mitra, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Ken Gethard, Fairfield, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Somenath Mitra, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Ken Gethard, Fairfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 15/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/44 (2006.01); B01D 63/00 (2006.01); B01D 39/00 (2006.01); B01D 3/10 (2006.01); B01D 61/36 (2006.01); B01D 61/02 (2006.01); B01D 67/00 (2006.01); B01D 69/06 (2006.01); B01D 69/08 (2006.01); B01D 69/14 (2006.01); B01D 71/02 (2006.01); C02F 1/04 (2006.01); B01D 71/34 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 61/364 (2013.01); B01D 61/02 (2013.01); B01D 67/0079 (2013.01); B01D 69/06 (2013.01); B01D 69/08 (2013.01); B01D 69/148 (2013.01); B01D 71/021 (2013.01); B01D 71/34 (2013.01); B01D 2311/13 (2013.01); B01D 2313/38 (2013.01); B01D 2325/38 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); C02F 1/04 (2013.01); C02F 1/447 (2013.01); C02F 2305/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Membranes for membrane distillation include at least one hollow fiber porous hydrophobic membrane, the at least one membrane including carbon nanotubes incorporated into the pore structure of the membrane. Membrane distillation systems may include a heat exchanger operably connected to a hollow fiber membrane module with one or more membranes including carbon nanotubes. Methods of solvent removal, sample preconcentration and desalination employing hollow fiber porous hydrophobic membranes with carbon nanotubes are disclosed.