633 results about "Brackish water" patented technology

A water treatment system provides treated or softened water to a point of use by removing a portion of any hardness-causing species contained in water from a point of entry coming from a water source, such as municipal water, well water, brackish water and water containing foulants. The water treatment system typically treats the water containing at least some undesirable species before delivering the treated water to a point of use. The water treatment system has a reservoir system in line with an electrochemical device such as an electrodeionization device. The water treatment system has a sensor or a set of sensors for measuring at least one property of the water or an operating condition of the treatment system. The water treatment system also has a controller for adjusting or regulating at least one operating parameter of the treatment system or a component of the water treatment system to optimize the operation and performance of the system or components of the system to supply water tailored to quality requirements.

A water treatment system provides treated water to a point of use by removing at least a portion of any hardness-causing species contained in water from a water source, such as municipal water, well water, brackish water and water containing foulants. The water treatment system typically receives water from the water source or a point of entry and purifies the water containing at least some undesirable species before delivering the treated water to a point of use. The water treatment system has a pressurized reservoir system in line with an electrochemical device such as an electrodeionization device. The water treatment system can have a controller for adjusting or regulating at least one operating parameter of the treatment system or a component of the water treatment system.

An impulse-type “wave motor” employs a seabed-mounted or supported structure mounting a wave energy absorbing panel on a hinged lever arm for reciprocation motion to obtain optimal absorption of wave energy from wave motion in the sea. For deepwater wavelengths of L, the panel is optimally positioned in a region within L / 2 depth from the sea surface. The panel motion is coupled by a connecting rod to a fluid pump which generates a high-pressure fluid output that may be used to drive a reverse osmosis desalination unit or to produce other useful work. Seawater or brackish water may be desalinated through reverse osmosis membranes to produce water quality for consumption, agricultural, or other uses. The submerged operating environment of the device in a region of one-half the design wavelength provides the maximum available energy flux and forced oscillations. The pump may be of the positive-displacement piston type, plunger type, or multi-staging driver type, or a variable volume pump.

A process for purification of fluids, for example, desalination of seawater or brackish water, using organic solutes in a concentrated water solution for use in a forward osmosis process, to extract fresh water out of salt water through the forward osmosis membrane, and subsequently separating the organic solutes out of the diluted forward osmosis permeate by cloud point extraction, thereby regenerating a concentrated organic solution for recycling to the forward osmosis process, and fresh water for potable water use.

The present invention discloses a desalination plant that operates with a sea water or brackish water feed and produces a concentrated and selectively improved salt reject stream and a pure water permeate stream from a first treatment section that is arranged to produce primarily water at high recovery using membrane desalination processes. The reject stream from the first treatment line has a component distribution that is substantially reduced in native di- and polyvalent scaling ions, essentially depleted of sulfate, has substantially higher total dissolved solids than a traditional sea water reverse osmosis reject, yet is suitable for thermal treatment processes. The system may be enhanced by monovalent salt components. The unit may be integrated with a second treatment section, in which the first reject stream is further concentrated, purified, and processed to produce a high purity salt product.

An impulse-type "wave motor" employs a seabed-mounted or supported structure mounting a wave energy absorbing panel on a hinged lever arm for reciprocation motion to obtain optimal absorption of wave energy from wave motion in the sea. For deepwater wavelengths of L, the panel is optimally positioned in a region within L / 2 depth from the sea surface. The panel motion is coupled by a connecting rod to a fluid pump which generates a high-pressure fluid output that may be used to drive a reverse osmosis desalination unit or to produce other useful work. Seawater or brackish water may be desalinated through reverse osmosis membranes to produce water quality for consumption, agricultural, or other uses. The submerged operating environment of the device in a region of one-half the design wavelength provides the maximum available energy flux and forced oscillations. The pump may be of the positive-displacement piston type, plunger type, or multi-staging driver type, or a variable volume pump.

A desalination plant for treating a sea water or brackish water feed is provided. The desalination plant includes a first treatment section to effectively remove scaling species, the first treatment section including nanofiltration section, the nanofiltration section including at least two stages and at least two passes; and a reverse osmosis section that operates at high recovery to produce a purified permeate stream and a selectively NaCl salt-enriched reject stream as a saline output.

The present invention is directed to a water treatment or purification system and method for providing treated water in industrial, commercial and residential applications. The treatment system provides treated or softened water to a point of use by removing at least a portion of any hardness-causing species contained in water from a water source, such as municipal water, well water, brackish water and water containing foulants. The water treatment system includes an electrochemical device, such as an electrodeionization device, that can have at least one compartment that generates and traps hydrogen ions which can be used in another compartment of the electrochemical device such as, an electrode compartment, to reduce or at least dissolve any scale. Other applications of the system would be in the treatment and processing of foods and beverages, sugars, various industries such as the chemical, pharmaceutical, waste water treatment and power generating industries.

A water treatment system provides treated or softened water to a point of use by removing a portion of any hardness-causing species contained in water from a point-of-entry coming from a water source, such as municipal water, well water, brackish water and water containing foulants. The water treatment system typically treats the water containing at least some undesirable species before delivering the treated water to a point of use. The water treatment system has a controller for adjusting or regulating at least one operating parameter of the treatment system or a component of the water treatment system to optimize the operation and performance of the system or components of the system. A flow regulator regulates a waste stream flow to drain and can be operated to recirculate fluid through electrode or concentrating compartments of an electrochemical device and can opened and closed intermittently according to a predetermined schedule or based on an operating parameter of the water treatment system. The flow regulator can also be charged so that ionic species can be generated in the surrounding fluid, which, in turn, can lower the pH of the surrounding fluid.

The cultivation of terrestrial plants in brackish water or seawater is carried out with this invention. A light-weight, floating growth medium package (FGMP) or, alternatively, a sheet of suitable material is used to support the growth of terrestrial plants floating on water bodies of various salinity, including 100% seawater in marine environments. The FGMP units can be linked together and confined in a floating, rigid or flexible framework to form a floating seawater cultivation platform (FSCP). Using the method, plants were able to grow and thrive on the FSCP floating on 100% seawater in a sustainable manner. Halophytic akulikuli (Sesuvium portulacastrum L.) can regenerate its shoot and root in seawater. Thus, the discovery will enable us to practice marine agriculture, or agriculture on the sea. The FSCP can be used for wide range of purposes, from environmental protection to landscaping to crop production.

There is disclosed a process and device for Forward Osmosis (FO) Pressurized Device (FOPD) in general and one hydraulically coupled to a reverse osmosis (RO device for a FOPRO (Forward Osmosis Pressurized Reverse Osmosis). Specifically, there is disclosed a passive device (that is, not needed energy input) for using forward osmosis to generate significant hydraulic pressure that can be used to drive a reverse osmosis process, wherein the reverse osmosis process (not needed external energy to run pumps) can separate salt from salt water to generate potable water from water with high salt content (such as sea water, urine, sweat, brackish water and the like).

Provided is a submerged-type, electrosorption-based desalination apparatus for water purification and method, comprising applying a DC voltage of 0.1 to 2.0 volts to a carbon electrode of the reactor to thereby adsorb inorganic ions on the carbon electrode, and reversely applying the same DC voltage having opposite polarity to recycle regeneration solution to the outside of the apparatus or into the treatment tank, thereby enhancing a recovery rate. In addition, in order to improve desalination efficiency, the reactor used in the desalination apparatus may be embodied in various forms of T-shaped, linear type, single, composite, and ion exchange membrane electrodes. Therefore, the present invention may be applied to remove inorganic ions from industrial wastewater, sea water, and brackish water, which contain large amounts of inorganic ions.

The invention relates to a water circulation system and a method for breeding marine fishes inland, and mainly solves the technical problems of complex process, large investment, high operating cost, large limitation of breeding varieties, low survival rate, slow growth and the like in the process of breeding the marine fishes in fresh water or low salinity salt water at present. A technical scheme comprises the following steps of: a, establishing the water circulation system; b, performing domestication on juvenile fishes of the marine fishes in the low salinity salt water in a gradient mode, namely breeding the juvenile fishes which are bred in the seawater in the brackish water temporarily, formulating a domestication strategy of slowing salinity gradually, and performing domesticationon the juvenile fishes of the marine fishes through three gradients, namely the brackish water phase, the low salinity phase and the ultra-low salinity phase; c, adding a physiological salt preparation, namely adding metal ions which play a key role in osmoregulation into the water or a feed; and d, managing the breeding, namely providing a preference temperature, illumination intensity and a daily illumination period. The water circulation system and the method are mainly used for breeding the marine fishes inland.

An apparatus and method for the distillation of ocean and brackish water that includes insulation means for preventing heat from escaping to the atmosphere is disclosed. The insulation means comprises a second wall surrounding the basic assemblies of a desalination system in which the space between the second wall and basic assemblies is under low partial vacuum and is partially or totally filled with an insulation material for structural support. The system provides a means for flash evaporation of heated input water and condensing the resultant vapors into pure distilled water. A means for recapturing and using the heat of condensation as well as heat from the salt byproduct to preheat the input contaminated water is also disclosed.

The invention relates to a seawater desalination method and device of natural vacuum and low temperature distillation, which is characterized in that the system must be airtight before operation, the water injection valve on the system top is switched on to fill up the system with seawater; the drain valves of all drainage pipes connected with the evaporation chamber are switched on, then the seawater is flowed out under the influence of the gravity; the air in the system is discharged to make the system vacuum; the heat source can be conveyed to the evaporation chamber now; when the temperature of heat source is higher than the condensation temperature, the evaporation pressure of the heated seawater is higher than the condensation temperature of fresh water, the evaporated vapor is condensed by the condenser under the action of pressure difference between the evaporation pressure and the condensing pressure and finally the desalinated water can be obtained. The invention has the advantages that a sleeve regenerator is arranged on the connection section of the water supply pipe of seawater and the evaporation chamber, the heat of the strong brine discharged by the evaporator is partially adopted to preheat the seawater in the evaporator, the liquid in the system can flow freely due to the pressure difference, thus the method can economize energy source and the device can be used to desalinate the seawater on any sea island, water-deficient area or brackish water area.

The solar-powered humidification-dehumidification desalination system includes a supply of saline / brackish water passing through a dehumidifier / condenser. The saline / brackish water is preheated in the dehumidifier / condenser due to the condensation process. A plurality of humidifying stages includes respective humidifiers and respective solar collectors. The solar collectors heat air, and the heated air passes through respective humidifiers to evaporate the preheated saline / brackish water, separating pure water from the brine. The humid air is reheated and recirculated through the humidifying stages and the dehumidifier, and the desalinated water from the dehumidifier via condensation is collected to and processed. The system recirculates the brine successively from each humidifier to the next for more efficient evaporation and less energy consumption.

A process for purification of fluids, for example, desalination of seawater or brackish water, using organic solutes in a concentrated water solution for use in a forward osmosis process, to extract fresh water out of salt water through the forward osmosis membrane, and subsequently separating the organic solutes out of the diluted forward osmosis permeate by cloud point extraction, thereby regenerating a concentrated organic solution for recycling to the forward osmosis process, and fresh water for potable water use.

This invention discloses a natural mineral filter agent for desalting seawater, which is composed of attapulgite, smectite, zeolite, diatomite, mainfanite and sepiolite. The natural mineral filter agent is prepared by: pulverizing the above components, soaking, pressing, air-drying, crushing, sieving, torrefying, cooling and packaging. The contents of NaCl, KCl, Ns2SO4 and Na2CO3 in seawater are effectively decreased by ion exchange between Na+ / K+ in seawater and the natural mineral filter agent. Heavy metals such as Hg, Pb and As, chlorides and residual pesticides can be adsorbed by the natural mineral filter agent. The natural mineral filter agent can be used for late-stage purification and filtration of seawater desalting, as well as brackish water desalting in China northwestern regions.

The present invention provides a method of treating a reverse osmosis membrane for boron rejection enhancement, comprising contacting the reverse osmosis membrane with a chemical coating such as PHMB, wherein the reverse osmosis membrane is part of a single-pass reverse osmosis system is configured to reduce the boron concentration of normal seawater or brackish water to less than a predetermined amount.

The present invention provides a method of treating a reverse osmosis membrane for boron rejection enhancement, comprising contacting the reverse osmosis membrane with a chemical coating such as PHMB, wherein the reverse osmosis membrane is part of a single-pass reverse osmosis system is configured to reduce the boron concentration of normal seawater or brackish water to less than a predetermined amount.

A method and apparatus for desalinating water combined with power generation, comprising a desalination system used for desalinating coastal seawater and comprising a power generation system, wherein such dual purpose co-generation facility captures the heat vapor exhausted or a steam turbine generator's condenser is replaced by the desalination plant's heat exchanger enabling such captured heat energy to reduce the energy requirements of the desalination plant, and wherein brine solution being treated by the desalination plant is pumped from the substrata sea water table wells having low salt content brackish water.

The invention discloses a desalting method and device. The method is designed to desalt seawater through low heat energy spray vaporization and multiple-effect seawater distillation. The invention pertains to a desalting technical field of seawater or brackish water. The desalting device comprises a spray and vapor room which is provided with a nozzle and a demister. An air inlet is connected with a separator of air and water, a fan and a heater are positioned on a connection pipe. The inlet and outlet of the first effect heating steam of the multiple-effect distillation device are separately communicated with an outlet of wet and heat air of the spray and vapor room and with a middle part port in the vapor and water separator. The second steam of the every effect is used as the heating steam for the next heating steam, but after heated and pressurized of the second steam of the final effect, the second heating steam is interfused into hot and damp air discharged from the spray vapor room. The tops of the multiple-effect distillation device are communicated with the tube pass of a shell and tube heat exchanger, and the bottom of the multiple-effect distillation device is communicated with a heavy salt water tube. The invention takes the advantages of low heat energy as the energy recourse of desalting process to couple spray vapor and multiple-effect distillation technic and realizes comprehensive utilization of the energy and resources.

The invention relates to a method for comprehensively estimating the insulation state of sulfur hexafluoride electrical equipment and belongs to the technical field of monitoring and estimation on the insulation state of the sulfur hexafluoride electrical equipment. In the method, a computer and a comprehensively estimating device of the sulfur hexafluoride electrical equipment with the application number of 201020240900.0 are utilized, a fuzzy theory and a neural network method are applied by utilizing a program, and then the method carries out comprehensive estimation to the insulation state of the SF6 electrical equipment by adopting the working mode of an Windows interface. The method can be used for carrying out monitoring, intelligent analysis and comprehensive estimation to the running indexes comprising brackish water, mainly discharged decomposition products (HF, CO, SO2 and H2S) and the concentrations thereof and the like in SF6 gas of the SF6 electrical equipment, and has the characteristics of simple operation, high efficiency, flexible and convenient use, convenient on-site rapid diction and estimation and the like. The method can be widely applied to rapidly detecting and estimating the insulation state of the SF6 electrical equipment in power stations and transformer substations.

Various aspects provide for exposing a substance to light. Certain aspects include exposing a suspension of photosynthetic organisms to sunlight, and may include optimizing exposure to improve photosynthesis conditions. Certain embodiments include controlling an opacity or opacity profile of a suspension of algae and / or diatoms. Optimizing exposure may include maximizing growth rate, maximizing photosynthesis efficiency, maximizing lipid production, minimizing damage, minimizing predator growth, maximizing a capacity to grow in suboptimal media (e.g., polluted water, brackish water, or water having a pH outside of a preferable range), minimizing requirements for nutrients, and other features.

The invention discloses an energy-saving reverse-osmosis desalination technique for seawater / salt water. Wherein, using lifting water pump to force some seawater / salt water into water cylinder by transfer valve to push piston and extrude strong brine on another side and discharge from another valve, and other seawater / salt water into reverse-osmosis membrane from high-pressure pump to discharge strong brine into another water cylinder and push piton to extrude seawater / salt water on another side into reverse-osmosis membrane from transfer valve and booster pump; adjusting and switching the operation of valves to realize desalination process. The said equipment also comprises energy-recovery device with transfer valves on two ends that composes of valve body, lining and valve core with two flow paths; there are four connection ports distributed evenly on the valve body and core. This method is flexible and reliable.

The invention relates to a method and device for treating liquids, particularly ocean, brackish water, refuse liquid, and waste water, wherein a hot carrier gas flow charged with water vapor is present in a predetermined treatment step as a hot water vapor carrier gas flow, particularly from a device for the treatment of liquids. According to the invention, at least a partial flow of the hot water vapor carrier gas flow is subjected to water vapor electrolysis in a water vapor electrolysis device in which at least part of the hydrogen and oxygen is separated from the hot water vapor carrier gas flow, and a dried carrier gas flow is created.

The invention relates to a seawater desalination device employing solar energy and vapor compressing distillation, belonging to the technical field of solar energy. The seawater desalination device comprises a solar collector, a first circulating pump, a heat exchanger, an evaporative condenser, a blower fan and a vacuum pump mechanism, wherein the solar collector is connected with the first circulating pump; the heat exchanger is respectively connected with the solar collector and the evaporative condenser; the evaporative condenser is connected with the blower fan; the vacuum pump mechanism is connected with the evaporative condenser; the evaporative condenser comprises an evaporation chamber and a condensation chamber; the condensation chamber is embedded into the evaporation chamber; the evaporation chamber is connected with the heat exchanger; and the position where the condensation chamber is embedded into the evaporation chamber is provided with a heat exchanging wall surface. The invention desalinates seawater in the mode of combining the solar energy and a low-pressure vapor compressing distillation seawater desalination method, reduces the pretreatment cost of seawater or brackish water, simplifies the mechanism and is also conveniently realized. The whole device is operated at the low pressure, reduces the operating temperature and improves the heat efficiency by employing the evaporative condenser to recover condensation heat.

This invention is a water producer that extracts water from the air. One embodiment of the invention adiabatically compresses and heats the air. The heated air is cooled through a counter-flow heat exchanger so that it becomes supersaturated and water condenses. The air is then cooled further and passed back through the heat exchanger to recover its former heat. It then passes through an adiabatic expander to recover energy. A second embodiment utilizes a unique isothermal compressor / expander to compress the humid air isothermally so that the air becomes supersaturated with water, and the water condenses. The air is then cooled to remove the heat of condensation of the water and returned to the isothermal compressor / expander to recover energy. A third embodiment draws in humid air through a counter-flow heat exchanger to cool it down below its dew point so that water is collected. The air is then cooled adiabatically and passed back through the counter-flow heat exchanger and on to a compressor, which compresses the air back to ambient pressure and pushes the air out. These embodiments can be used to desalinate seawater, brackish water, or desiccant aqueous solutions by having a humidifier evaporate water from the liquids to make the input air to the water producer very humid.

A water treatment system provides treated or softened water to a point of use by removing a portion of any hardness-causing species contained in water from a point of entry coming from a water source, such as municipal water, well water, brackish water and water containing foulants. The water treatment system typically treats the water containing at least some undesirable species before delivering the treated water to a point of use. The water treatment system has a reservoir system in line with an electrochemical device such as an electrodeionization device. The water treatment system has a sensor or a set of sensors for measuring at least one property of the water or an operating condition of the treatment system. The water treatment system also has a controller for adjusting or regulating at least one operating parameter of the treatment system or a component of the water treatment system to optimize the operation and performance of the system or components of the system to supply water tailored to quality requirements.