Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of water purification using hydrophilic and compressible aerogel as draw agent in forward osmosis
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Application No.: US16069613Application Date: 2016-11-30
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Publication No.: US10576421B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Hanmin Zhang , Mingchuan Yu
- Applicant: Dalian University of Technology
- Applicant Address: CN Dalian, Liaoning
- Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: CN Dalian, Liaoning
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/CN2016/107814 WO 20161130
- International Announcement: WO2018/098644 WO 20180607
- Main IPC: C02F1/00
- IPC: C02F1/00 ; C02F1/18 ; C02F1/44 ; B01D61/00 ; B01J20/24 ; B01J20/28 ; B01J20/30 ; B01J20/20 ; C02F1/28

Abstract:
The present invention discloses a novel hydrophilic and compressible aerogel as draw agent for purification water in forward osmosis (FO), which belongs to environmental pollution control engineering technical field. The improved performances are obtained by optimizing regeneration process of drawing and producing water by using this aerogel as a draw agent in FO technology. Herein, the aerogel complete avoid the draw solution's reverse diffusion and maintain a higher water flux that compensates for its structure characteristics. Moreover, the regeneration of the draw agent and production water should be accomplished through human compression without a complicated physical and chemical method. Simultaneously, this draw agent presents other advantages of wide raw material sources, low cost, wild preparation process, low poison and good film compatibility. It is an innovation as FO technology in portable water purifying device, especially in areas of military and emergency.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190001271A1 A HYDROPHILIC AND COMPRESSIBLE AEROGEL AS DRAW AGENT FOR PURITY WATER IN FORWARD OSMOSIS Public/Granted day:2019-01-03
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