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US 12,565,436 B2Granted
Hybrid process and system for recovering water
AssigneeSunvapor, Inc.
InventorsBrandon Hathaway, Philip Gleckman
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Abstract
A hybrid process and system for separating water from an inlet brine solution is disclosed. The hybrid process couples at least two different separation processes/systems. The inlet brine solution is fed into a first separation process, which produces a water distillate and a brine concentrate. The brine concentrate from the first separation process is then fed into the second separation process to further recover additional water. The excess heat from the second separation process is supplied to the first separation process.
Claims15
A system for concentrating a solution, comprising:
- a first separation module configured to separate water from an inlet solution stream to form a first concentrated solution and a first water stream;
- a condenser for heating the inlet solution stream;
- a second separation module configured to further separate water from the first concentrated solution to form a second concentrated solution and a first vapor stream;
- a first liquid conduit connecting the first separation module and the second separation module, wherein the first liquid conduit is configured to deliver at least a portion of the first concentrated solution from the first separation module to the second separation module;
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- a first vapor conduit connecting the condenser and the second separation module, wherein the first vapor conduit is configured to deliver a portion of the first vapor stream from the second separation module to the condenser.
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