IP Library Granted Patent US 10,005,688
Granted Patent B2
US 10,005,688 · App. 14/232,955 · Granted Jun 26, 2018

Desalination system and desalination method

Inventors: Yasunori Sekine (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhiko Noto (Tokyo, JP); Akira Sasaki (Tokyo, JP); Kotaro Kitamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
C02F9/00B01D61/022B01D61/06B01D61/145B01D61/58C02F1/001C02F1/441C02F1/444C02F3/1273B01D61/025B01D2317/022B01D2317/025C02F3/1268C02F2103/08C02F2303/10Y02W10/15Y02W10/30
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Patent No.
US 10,005,688
App. No.
14/232,955
Granted
Jun 26, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

This desalinization system, which obtains industrial-use water and drinking water from seawater and wastewater, is provided with: a purification device that purifies wastewater by removing activated sludge therefrom; a first RO membrane that removes salt from the output of the purification device by transferring said salt to first concentrated water, thereby producing industrial-use water; a UF membrane that seawater passes through and that removes particulates from said seawater; a second RO membrane that removes salt from the treated output of the UF membrane by transferring said salt to second concentrated water, producing drinking water; an agitation device to which the second concentrated water from the second RO membrane and the first concentrated water from the first RO membrane are sent to be agitated; and a third RO membrane removing salt from the liquid mixture agitated by the agitation device by transferring said salt to third concentrated water, producing industrial-use water.

Claims (13)

1. A sea-water desalination system for acquiring industrial water and drinking water from sea-water and sewage water, comprising:

a purification apparatus for

purifying sewage water;

a first RO membrane for

generating industrial water and a first concentrated-water from the sewage water that has been purified by the purification apparatus;

a UF membrane for removing particles in sea-water by permeating the sea-water;

a second RO membrane for

generating a second concentrated-water and drinking water from permeated water that has been filtered by the UF membrane;

a stirring apparatus for stirring the second concentrated-water generated by the second RO membrane and the first concentrated-water generated by the first RO membrane being sent thereto; and

a third RO membrane for

generating a third concentrated-water and the industrial water from mixture fluid stirred by the stirring apparatus.

2. A sea-water desalination system according to claim 1 , comprising at least either of a first energy recovery device for recovering pressure energy of the second concentrated-water or a second energy recovery device for recovering pressure energy of the third concentrated-water.

3. A sea-water desalination system according to claim 1 , wherein the first RO membrane is configured to operate at a permeation pressure of approximately 1 to 2 MPa; the second RO membrane is configured to operate at a permeation pressure of approximately 6 to 8 MPa; and the third RO membrane is configured to operate at a permeation pressure of approximately 6 to 8 MPa.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2014
From: SEKINE, YASUNORI; NOTO, KAZUHIKO; SASAKI, AKIRA; KITAMURA, KOTARO
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 031972/0868 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-184648 · Aug 26, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140151283A1 · Jun 5, 2014
Cited By (2)
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