Forward osmosis application in manufacturing industries: A short review

A Haupt, A Lerch - Membranes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Forward osmosis (FO) is a membrane technology that uses the osmotic pressure difference
to treat two fluids at a time giving the opportunity for an energy-efficient water and …

Separation systems, elements, and methods for separation utilizing stacked membranes and spacers

C Benton, O Bakajin - US Patent 9,636,635, 2017 - Google Patents
An example separation system includes a stack of membrane plate assemblies. An example
membrane plate assembly may include membranes bonded to opposite sides of a spacer …

Separation systems, elements, and methods for separation utilizing stacked membranes and spacers

C Benton, O Bakajin - US Patent 10,464,023, 2019 - Google Patents
An example separation system includes a stack of membrane plate assemblies. An example
membrane plate assembly may include membranes bonded to opposite sides of a spacer …

Method for concentrating aqueous containing solute into high concentration by hydraulic-membrane process under no difference in osmotic pressure

HN Chang, J Kwonsu, GW Park, YC Kim… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to a method of concentrating an aqueous solution at low
pressure under a zero osmotic pressure difference condition, and more particularly, to a …

Advancements in osmotically driven membrane systems including low pressure control

C Benton, C Keith, C Lundin - US Patent 9,861,937, 2018 - Google Patents
An example water purification system includes a forward osmosis module, a reverse
osmosis module, a pump powered by an electric motor, and a pressure sensor. The forward …

Process For Concentration Of Lithium Containing Solutions

JR Switzer, NJ Colonius, CH Cheng… - US Patent App. 15 …, 2018 - Google Patents
A forward osmosis process for concentration of lithium-containing salt solutions is described.
A difference in osmotic pressure between a lithium-containing salt solution and a second …

Advancements in osmotically driven membrane systems including multi-stage purification

C Benton, O Bakajin, C Lundin - US Patent 10,500,544, 2019 - Google Patents
An example water purification system for purifying high concentration feed solutions
includes a high rejection forward osmosis module, one or more low rejection modules, and a …

Methods of dewatering of alcoholic solutions via forward osmosis and related systems

C Benton, O Bakajin, J Klare, R Revanur - US Patent 11,571,660, 2023 - Google Patents
First worldwide family litigation filed litigation Critical https://patents. darts-ip. com/? family=
57586003&utm_source= google_patent&utm_medium= platform_link&utm_campaign …

Supported carbon nanotube membranes and their preparation methods

V Lulevich, O Bakajin - US Patent 10,384,169, 2019 - Google Patents
Membranes are described that may include aligned carbon nanotubes coated with an
inorganic support layer and a polymeric matrix. Methods of membrane fabrication are …

Osmotic separation systems and methods

NT Hancock, C Drover… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
The invention generally relates to osmotically driven membrane systems and processes and
more particularly to systems and processes for handling feed streams without pretreatment …