Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ionomer-membrane water processing apparatus
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Application No.: US15343150Application Date: 2016-11-03
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Publication No.: US09695066B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Taber K. MacCallum , Laura Katrina Kelsey
- Applicant: Paragon Space Development Corporation
- Applicant Address: US AZ Tucson
- Assignee: Paragon Space Development Corporation
- Current Assignee: Paragon Space Development Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Tucson
- Agency: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP
- Main IPC: B01D61/36
- IPC: B01D61/36 ; B01D71/36 ; B01D63/08 ; C02F1/44 ; B01D69/12 ; B01D63/10 ; B01D71/32 ; C02F103/00 ; C02F103/08 ; C02F101/16

Abstract:
This disclosure provides water processing apparatuses, systems, and methods for recovering water from wastewater such as urine. The water processing apparatuses, systems, and methods can utilize membrane technology for extracting purified water in a single step. A containment unit can include an ionomer membrane, such as Nafion®, over a hydrophobic microporous membrane, such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The containment unit can be filled with wastewater, and the hydrophobic microporous membrane can be impermeable to liquids and solids of the wastewater but permeable to gases and vapors of the wastewater, and the ionomer membrane can be permeable to water vapor but impermeable to one or more contaminants of the gases and vapors. The containment unit can be exposed to a dry purge gas to maintain a water vapor partial pressure differential to drive permeation of the water vapor, and the water vapor can be collected and processed into potable water.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170073250A1 IONOMER-MEMBRANE WATER PROCESSING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-03-16
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