Floating type membrane distillation module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10695720-B2
Application number	US-201816045758-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2018
Priority date	Dec 19, 2017
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a floating type membrane distillation module for collecting sunlight to heat raw water and supplying the heated raw water to a membrane distillation separation membrane, to ensure effective heating of raw water and supply of the uniformly heated raw water to a membrane distillation separation membrane.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A floating membrane distillation module, comprising:
an upper chamber into which raw water to be treated is introduced;
a lower chamber in which treated water is produced according to a membrane distillation process;
a membrane distillation separation membrane provided between the upper chamber and the lower chamber;
a solar heat collector provided in an internal space of the upper chamber to heat the raw water introduced into the upper chamber; and
a float provided on one side of a lower end of the lower chamber to provide buoyancy,
wherein the raw water on the membrane distillation separation membrane turns into vapor by a temperature difference between the upper chamber and the lower chamber, the vapor of the raw water passes through the membrane distillation separation membrane and moves to the lower chamber, and the vapor having moved to the lower chamber condenses, producing treated water,
wherein a raw water inlet through which the raw water is introduced is provided on one side of the upper chamber, and the solar heat collector is formed in a shape of a plate with a plurality of pores,
the solar heat collector is provided between the raw water inlet of the upper chamber and the membrane distillation separation membrane on vertical basis,
the raw water introduced through the raw water inlet of the upper chamber is supplied onto the solar heat collector and is heated, and the heated raw water is supplied onto the membrane distillation separation membrane through the plurality of pores provided in the solar heat collector, and
bubbles included in the raw water are separated by floatation, and discharged out through the pores of the membrane distillation separation membrane.

2. The floating membrane distillation module according to claim 1 , wherein a filter member is provided at the raw water inlet of the upper chamber, and the raw water passes through the filter member and is supplied onto the solar heat collector through the raw water inlet.

3. The floating membrane distillation module according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a cooling plate provided on a lower surface of the lower chamber to cause the vapor to condense, producing treated water.

4. The floating membrane distillation module according to claim 2 , wherein the filter member filters out contaminants included in the raw water, and is formed in the form of a particulate filtration material or a filtration membrane.

5. The floating membrane distillation module according to claim 2 , wherein the filter member is made of an adsorptive material, or a filtration material and an adsorptive material in combination.

6. The floating membrane distillation module according to claim 1 , wherein a raw water inlet through which raw water is introduced is provided on one side of the upper chamber, and the solar heat collector is formed in a shape of a plate,
the solar heat collector is provided above the raw water inlet on vertical basis,
the raw water introduced through the raw water inlet of the upper chamber is supplied onto the membrane distillation separation membrane and is heated, and
bubbles included in the raw water are separated by floatation, and discharged out through the pores of the membrane distillation separation membrane.

Assignees

• Korea Inst Sci & Tech

Inventors

• Jeong Seong Pil
• Kim Hyeon-Joo
• Lee Seockheon
• Lee Seunghak

Classifications

• B01D2313/22

  Cooling or heating elements · CPC title

• B01D2313/367

  Renewable energy sources, e.g. wind or solar sources · CPC title

• C02F1/447

  by membrane distillation (distillation and evaporation without the use of membranes C02F1/04) · CPC title

• B01D61/364 Primary

  Membrane distillation · CPC title

• B01D61/368

  Accessories; Auxiliary operations · CPC title