发明名称 |
TRANSIENTLY-OPERATED DESALINATION SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS |
摘要 |
Systems and methods related to desalination systems are described herein. According to some embodiments, the desalination systems are transiently operated and/or configured to facilitate transient operation. In some embodiments, a liquid stream comprising water and at least one dissolved salt is circulated through a fluidic circuit comprising a desalination system. In some embodiments, a portion of the desalination system (e.g., a humidifier) is configured to remove at least a portion of the water from the liquid stream to produce a concentrated brine stream enriched in the dissolved salt. In certain cases, the concentrated brine stream is recirculated through the fluidic circuit until the concentrated brine stream reaches a relatively high density (e.g., at least about 10 pounds per gallon) and/or a relatively high salinity (e.g., a total dissolved salt concentration of at least about 25 wt%). In certain embodiments, additional salt is added to the concentrated brine stream to produce an ultra-high-density brine stream (e.g., a brine stream having a density of at least about 11.7 pounds per gallon). Some aspects relate to a system that is configured to promote energy efficiency by recovering heat from the recirculated concentrated brine stream upon discharge from the fluidic circuit. |
申请公布号 |
WO2016187587(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.11.24 |
申请号 |
WO2016US33632 |
申请日期 |
2016.05.20 |
申请人 |
GRADIANT CORPORATION |
发明人 |
GOVINDAN, Prakash, Narayan;ST. JOHN, Maximus, G.;LAM, Steven;ZALOUDEK, Mark;CHEHAYEB, Karim, M.;SHAH, Samar |
分类号 |
C02F1/08;C02F5/02 |
主分类号 |
C02F1/08 |
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