Hybrid solar desalination system

S Frolov, M Cyrus, AJ Bruce - US Patent 9,834,454, 2017 - Google Patents
A hydro-thermal exchange unit (HTEU) for desalinating feed water in accordance with a
humidification-dehumidification includes feed water, fresh water and gas conduit circuits for …

Solar-thermal water purification by recycling photovoltaic reflection losses

TS Gershon, TG Van Kessel - US Patent 10,358,359, 2019 - Google Patents
Techniques for solar thermal water purification by recycling photovoltaic reflection losses are
provided. In one aspect, a solar thermal water purification system includes: a water …

Process and unit for solvent recovery from solvent diluted tailings derived from bitumen froth treatment

R Duerr, S Van Der Merwe, T Hann - US Patent 9,676,684, 2017 - Google Patents
A TSRU for recovering solvent from solvent diluted tailings includes a separation apparatus
receiving the tailings and producing solvent and solvent recovered tailings. The separation …

Solar desalination system employing a humidification-dehumidification process

S Frolov, M Cyrus, AJ Bruce - US Patent 9,834,455, 2017 - Google Patents
A hydro-thermal exchange unit (HTEU) for desalinating feed water in accordance with a
humidification-dehumidification includes feed water, fresh water and gas conduit circuits for …

Desalination system

OM Zeitoun, HA Alansary, AO Nuhait - US Patent 9,393,502, 2016 - Google Patents
The desalination system is a multi-stage flash desalination (MSF) system. Each stage has a
P-shaped chamber having a flashing section extending vertically, a condensing section …

Process and system for solvent addition to bitumen froth

S Van Der Merwe, JKQ Diep, MR Shariati… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
The field of the invention is oil sands processing. A solvent treatment system and process for
treating a bitumen-containing stream include contacting that stream with a solvent …

Process for treating high paraffin diluted bitumen

S Van Der Merwe, I Cheta - US Patent 9,587,176, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A paraffinic solvent recovery process for treating high par affin diluted
bitumen includes supplying the latter to flashing apparatus; separating into flashed paraffinic …

Method of recovering solvent from tailings by flashing under choked flow conditions

S Van Der Merwe, T Hann - US Patent 10,226,717, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A tailings solvent recovery unit (TSRU) recovers a solvent from a solvent
diluted tailings and includes a separation apparatus which has a flash vessel, tailings outlet …

Multi-effects desalination system

OM Zeitoun, HA Alansary, AO Nuhait - US Patent 9,309,129, 2016 - Google Patents
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A multi-effects desalination system includes a housing
having a heating box, a plurality of vessels, a plurality of heat rods within each of the …

Enhanced turndown process for a bitumen froth treatment operation

S Van Der Merwe, T Hann, BJ Grappolini - US Patent 9,587,177, 2017 - Google Patents
More particularly, the model was a dynamic simulation built in HYSYSTM v7. 1. The
component slate was simplified and selected to give a vapor and two liquid phases, and …