Improvement to Rapidly Flush a Membrane System

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Systems and methods for rapid flushing of a membrane-based fluid filtration system are disclosed herein. During flushing, a membrane of the system can be decoupled from other portions of the system and brine can be flushed from the membrane separate from the other portions of the system. In some embodiments, the membrane can be connected to a pump to form a flushing loop that is separate from the flushing loops of the main system to flow the flushing fluid therethrough. The flushing fluid through the membrane can be optimized and set based on a flow rate of the membrane to prevent damaging the membrane while minimizing flush time of the membrane relative to the flush time of the system.

Researchers

John Lienhard / Andrew Bouma / Quantum Wei

Departments: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Technology Areas: Environmental Engineering: Sustainability & Recycling, Water Treatment / Industrial Engineering & Automation: Manufacturing & Equipment

  • improvement to rapidly flush a membrane system
    United States of America | Published application
  • systems and methods for rapid flushing of a membrane-based system
    European Patent Convention | Published application
  • systems and methods for rapid flushing of a membrane-based system
    Saudi Arabia | Pending

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