Edward J Summers

Address:

3162 Enright St, Toledo, OH 43608

VIN:

1FTRF12247KB70659

Make:

FORD

Model:

F-150

Year:

2007

US Patent:

20140263060, Sep 18, 2014

Filed:

Mar 13, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/798273

Inventors:

Edward K. Summers - Cambridge MA, US

Assignee:

Massachustts Institute of Technology - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

C02F 1/44

US Classification:

210640, 210180

Abstract:

Portions of a feed liquid are passed through respective condensers and liquid-liquid heat exchangers. The feed liquid is then heated and injected into a first feed-liquid containment chamber, where vapor from the feed is passed through a first gas-permeable membrane and directed into a first condenser, where the vapor is cooled by the feed liquid passing through the first condenser and condenses as it cools to produce a first liquid permeate. The first liquid permeate is passed through the first liquid-liquid heat exchanger where the first liquid permeate is cooled by the feed liquid passing therethrough. After the vapor is removed from the feed liquid in the first feed-liquid containment chamber, the remaining feed liquid from the first feed-liquid containment chamber is injected into a second feed-liquid containment chamber, where the process is repeated. The first liquid permeate from the first liquid liquid-liquid heat exchanger is combined with the second liquid permeate from the second condenser to form a combined liquid permeate; and the combined liquid permeate is passed through the second liquid-liquid heat exchanger where the combined liquid permeate is cooled by the feed liquid passing therethrough.