公开(公告)号：US20220242749A9

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17425155

申请日：2020-01-22

Applicant: SALTWORKS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Inventor： Benjamin Sparrow ,  Henry Tsin ,  Justin Donghoon Lee ,  Ross Coleman

IPC: C02F1/08 ,  C02F1/04 ,  B01D3/34 ,  B01D5/00 ,  B01D1/00 ,  B01J19/32

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for desalinating a saltwater using a humidifier unit. The humidifier unit has a housing, which has a carrier gas inlet and a saltwater inlet. The humidifier unit also includes a packing, within the housing, having a surface with a critical surface tension of less than 25 mN/m according to the Zisman method. The packing is arranged to facilitate a saltwater that enters the housing through the saltwater inlet and a carrier gas that enters the housing through the carrier gas inlet to contact each other. The contact facilitates evaporation of the saltwater, which produces salt solids on at least a surface of the packing, a humidified gas and a concentrated brine.