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US 12,759,910 B2Granted
System and method for desalination
OwnerSteven James Frenchinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods for desalinating a liquid are provided. A desalination system may include a main container and may be configured to provide at least one of an electric field or a magnetic field through the main container to control a distribution of ions in a liquid in the main container.
Claims22
A desalination system, comprising:
- a main passage:
- having a first region and a second region, and
- comprising a first section along a fluidic path of the main passage and a second section along the fluidic path of the main passage,
- wherein, in the first section of the main passage, the second region is fluidically coupled to the first region,
- wherein, in the second section of the main passage, the second region is substantially fluidically separated or substantially fluidically separable from the first region,
- wherein the main passage further has a third region,
- wherein, in the first section, the third region is fluidically coupled to the second region,
- wherein, in the second section, the third region is substantially fluidically separated or substantially fluidically separable from the second region,
- wherein, in the second section, the first region is at least partially contained within a first passage and the third region is at least partially contained within a second passage,
- wherein the first and second passages are fluidically coupled to a high-salinity passage at respective distal ends of the first and second passages, and
- wherein the desalination system further comprises:
- one or more first electrodes configured, in response to the one or more first electrodes holding a charge of a first charge type and liquid comprising ions flowing through the main passage, to cause a concentration of ions of a second charge type in the first region to be greater than a concentration of ions of the second charge type in the second region, the one or more first electrodes comprising an electrode positioned at least at the high-salinity passage;
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- one or more second electrodes configured, in response to the one or more second electrodes holding a charge of the second charge type and the liquid comprising ions flowing through the main passage, to cause a concentration of ions of the first charge type in the third region to be greater than a concentration of ions of the first charge type in the second region, the one or more second electrodes comprising an electrode positioned at least at the high-salinity passage.
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A desalination system, comprising:
- a main container;
- a first passage, defined by one or more walls surrounding the first passage, fluidically coupled to the main container at a proximal end of the first passage;
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- a first electrode configured, in response to the first electrode holding a charge of a first charge type and the main container containing a liquid comprising ions, to be substantially electrically insulated from the liquid and to cause a concentration of ions of a second charge type in the first passage to be greater than an average concentration of ions of the second charge type in the main container,
- wherein a cross-sectional area of the first passage at a first position along the first passage is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the first passage at the proximal end of the first passage, and
- wherein the one or more walls entirely and directly surround the first passage at the proximal end of the first passage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.