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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2015
Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Stadermann, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Yatian Qu, Stanford, CA (US);
Juan G. Santiago, Stanford, CA (US);
Ali Hemmatifar, Stanford, CA (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Abstract
A system combines complete, ultra-thin cells into a monolithic and robust framework necessary for desalination applications which yields orders of magnitude faster desalination. The electrode pairs are located so that a flow of feed water flows through or around the electrode pairs with the flow perpendicular to sequentially applied electric potentials. The system is controlled to charge the series of electrode pairs sequentially or phased. That means the charging of the second electrode pair is delayed with regard to the charging of the first electrode pair and the charging of a third electrode pair is delayed with respect to the charging of the second electrode pair.