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Co-producing apparatus for salt and fresh water and co-producing method of the same

US8795531B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 2009
Grant dateAug 5, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02A20/131
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention includes: a recycle line that brings a part of salt-enriched membrane separation concentrated water 26 back to the rear flow side of a pretreatment apparatus 12; a water discharge line that discharges the remained concentrated water into a sea area; and a control apparatus 31 that controls to adjust the ratio between the discharging amount of the discharging membrane separation concentrated water to be discharged into a sea area and the supplying amount of supplying seawater. A pH is set to be equal to or less than 7.3 by adding acid 21. The salt 18 is obtained from the dryer 19, and produced water (fresh water) 29 is obtained by combining evaporated water 28 supplied from the evaporator 16 with the permeated water 24 supplied from the reverse osmosis membrane apparatus 25.

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