US 10,370,261 B2 · System and method for transportation and desalination of a liquid

Abstract

The improved liquid transportation and desalination system transports seawater or other saline liquids through a piped distribution system with essentially no moving parts by relying on MHD principles. A fluid pump device comprised of high-strength permanent magnets forming chambers through which the liquid passes and inter-chamber opposing electrode plates with an applied DC potential provide the magnetic flux density and electric current for generating the Lorentz forces acting on the liquid. The fluid pump device may be combined with a desalination filtration device for provision of fresh water near the end of the distribution line without the need for a largescale treatment plant. Desalination/filtration occurs through use of nano-porous graphene and/or carbon nanotube media.

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Dependent claims

A system for transporting and desalinating a liquid, the system comprising:

a saline liquid intake device in fluid communication with at least one fluid pump device, the fluid pump device comprising an inflow manifold and/or an outflow manifold, each manifold comprising a plurality of fins spaced to smooth the turbulence of a saline liquid flowing therethrough, and at least one chamber through which the saline liquid may flow, the fluid pump device capable of generating a non-impinging motive force to effect the movement and transport of the saline liquid through a piping system in fluid communication therewith;
and
a desalination device including a filtration medium for substantially reducing the salinity of the transported saline liquid by separation of a brine therefrom.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/339,872Filed 31 Oct 2016 · us provisional application

Priority

30 Oct 2015

Published

US 2017/0120253 A14 May 2017

Granted

6 Aug 2019

Term ends

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Classification23 codes

C02F 1/006
Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage: water distributors either inside a treatment tank or directing the water to several treatment tanks;…
B01D 15/08
Separating processes involving the treatment of liquids with solid sorbents; Apparatus therefor: selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography
C02F 1/004
Processes for the treatment of water whereby the filtration technique is of importance: using large scale industrial sized filters
C02F 1/008
Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage: control or steering systems not provided for elsewhere in subclass C02F

System and method for transportation and desalination of a liquid

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System and method for transportation and desalination of a liquid

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Abstract

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