Portable diffusiophoretic water filtration device and related methods
AssigneeSplit Rock Filter Systems LLC
InventorWilliam Christian Gehris
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Abstract
A water filtration device includes a diffusiophoretic water filter having an inlet and an outlet and for receiving a colloidal suspension at the inlet and flowing the colloidal suspension between the inlet and the outlet in a flow direction; a diffusiophoretic-inducing membrane; a cover, the membrane and the cover defining a plurality of channels extending between the inlet and the outlet; an outlet splitter for the plurality of channels being fixed with respect to the membrane or the cover, the cover and membrane being flexible and configured to permit rolling up of the membrane and the cover. A related method is also provided.
Claims20
A water filtration device comprising:
- a diffusiophoretic water filter having:
- an inlet and an outlet and for receiving a colloidal suspension at the inlet and flowing the colloidal suspension between the inlet and the outlet in a flow direction;
- a diffusiophoretic-inducing membrane;
- a cover, the membrane and the cover defining a plurality of channels extending between the inlet and the outlet;
- and an outlet splitter for the plurality of channels being fixed with respect to the membrane or the cover, both the cover and membrane being flexible and configured to permit rolling up of the membrane and the cover together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.