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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Flodesign Sonics, Inc., Wilbraham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Edward A. Rietman, Nashua, NH (US);
Bart Lipkens, Hampden, MA (US);
Assignee:
FloDesign Sonics, Inc., Wilbraham, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 63/06 (2006.01); C02F 1/44 (2006.01); C02F 1/36 (2006.01); C02F 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/441 (2013.01); B01D 63/06 (2013.01); B01D 63/065 (2013.01); C02F 1/34 (2013.01); C02F 1/36 (2013.01); B01D 2311/26 (2013.01); B01D 2313/24 (2013.01); B01D 2313/36 (2013.01); B01D 2321/2075 (2013.01); C02F 2201/002 (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 precomputed 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.