Foldable solar desalination device with no liquid discharge
AssigneeKhalifa University of Science and Technology
InventorsTieJun ZHANG, Mohamed Abbas ABDELSALAM, Muhammad SAJJAD, Hongxia LI, Faisal AL MARZOOQI
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Abstract
A desalination and brine treatment apparatus (100) includes a support (120) and at least one evaporator component (122) in contact with the support (120), wherein one or more of the support (120) and the evaporator component (122) include mesh (150). Methods of desalination and brine treatment are provided for removing salt (196) from saltwater (102) utilizing energy such as solar energy (104).
Claims20
A desalination and brine treatment apparatus comprising:
- a support;
- and
- at least one evaporator component in contact with the support;
- wherein one or more of the support and the evaporator component include mesh.
A method of desalination and brine treatment, the method comprising:
- providing a desalination apparatus including:
- a support;
- and
- at least one evaporator component in contact with the support;
- contacting the desalination apparatus with saltwater;
- transporting the saltwater through the support via capillary flow towards the evaporator component in contact with support;
- evaporating the saltwater on the evaporator component utilizing solar energy sufficient to create water vapor and precipitate and crystallize salt;
- and
- condensing the water vapor.
A porous apparatus for saltwater desalination comprising:
- a hydrophilic support;
- and
- an evaporator component with a base layer and a Polydimethylsiloxane hydrophobic film layer;
- wherein the hydrophilic support is in contact with the evaporator component and the hydrophilic support and the base layer include a mesh including one or more materials selected from Ti and TiO2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.