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Innovative Water Treatment Device and Method Patented by General Electric

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A water treatment device and method for desalination, electrical separation, and precipitation has been patented by General Electric Company. The invention, posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, consists of a membrane desalination unit, electrical separation unit, precipitation unit, and chemical injection unit. This comprehensive system is designed to treat water streams of varying salinity levels, producing multiple streams of product water and reject water.

Key Takeaways:

  • The patented water treatment device comprises seven key components: membrane desalination unit, electrical separation unit, precipitation unit, chemical injection unit, and four conduits for transporting water streams.
  • The device is capable of treating feed water with varying salinity levels, producing multiple streams of product water and reject water of different salinity levels.
  • The method involves transporting feed water to the membrane desalination unit, where it is separated into two streams of product water and reject water; the reject water is then treated in the electrical separation unit and precipitation unit, with the resulting streams released through the seventh conduit.
  • General Electric's patent filing, Application No. PCT/US2011/024118, was made on February 9, 2011.
  • The patented invention has the potential to contribute to the global effort to address water scarcity and provide access to clean drinking water.

Statistics:

  • The patented water treatment device involves seven key components.
  • The device can treat water streams with salinity levels of varying degrees.
  • The method involves four conduits for transporting water streams.
  • The device produces multiple streams of product water and reject water.
  • The patent was filed under Application No. PCT/US2011/024118 on February 9, 2011.

Sources:

  • World Intellectual Property Organization. Publication No. WO/2011/106151.
  • World Intellectual Property Organization. http://www.wipo.int.

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