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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2009
Applicants:
Moh'd Rasool Qtaishat, Ottawa, CA;
Mohamed Khayet, Madrid, ES;
Takeshi Matsuura, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Membrane Distillation Desalination Ltd., Co., Amman, JO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 39/00 (2006.01); B01D 39/14 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B01D 69/12 (2006.01); B01D 61/36 (2006.01); B01D 71/32 (2006.01); B01D 71/54 (2006.01); B01D 71/64 (2006.01); B01D 71/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 69/12 (2013.01); B01D 61/364 (2013.01); B01D 71/32 (2013.01); B01D 71/54 (2013.01); B01D 71/64 (2013.01); B01D 71/68 (2013.01); B01D 2325/36 (2013.01); B01D 2325/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides composite membranes for membrane distillation and related methods of manufacture. In particular, there is provided a composite hydrophilic/hydrophobic membrane comprising a hydrophilic polymer layer and a hydrophobic polymer layer comprising fluorinated surface-modifying macromolecules, wherein said composite membrane has a high vapor flux. Also provided herein are methods of manufacturing and optimizing the composite membranes and a membrane distillation system comprising the composite membranes.