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Granted Patent B2
US 11,352,268 · App. 16/995,261 · Granted Jun 7, 2022

Microgrid powered self-water producing interconnected greenhouses

Inventors: Ahmed Ouammi (Doha, QA); Oumaima Choukai (Kénitra, MA); Driss Zejli (Kénitra, MA)
Assignee: QATAR UNIVERSITY
C02F1/14B01D1/0035B01D1/0082B01D1/14B01D1/22B01D5/006C02F1/047C02F1/048F24F6/00C02F2103/08
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Patent No.
US 11,352,268
App. No.
16/995,261
Granted
Jun 7, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Certain embodiments may provide a method for controlling a desalination system. The method may include performing a desalination procedure with salt-water in a desalination compartment of the desalination system. The method may also include extracting brine and freshwater from the desalination procedure. The method may further include directing the brine to a brine treatment compartment of the desalination system, and the freshwater to a firewater container. In addition, the method may include performing a brine treatment procedure in the brine treatment compartment. Further, the method may include collecting concentrated brine from the brine treatment compartment.

Claims (24)

1. A method for controlling a desalination system, comprising:

performing a desalination procedure with salt-water in a desalination compartment of the desalination system;

extracting brine and freshwater from the desalination procedure;

directing the brine to a brine treatment compartment of the desalination system, and the freshwater to a freshwater container;

performing a brine treatment procedure in the brine treatment compartment by a wind-aided intensified evaporation unit positioned on an inclined surface; and

collecting concentrated brine from the brine treatment compartment.

2. The method for controlling the desalination system according to claim 1 , wherein the desalination procedure comprises:

extracting air from an exterior environment;

cooling and humidifying the air with a first evaporator;

heating air from the first evaporator with a heat exchanger;

humidifying air from the heat exchanger to a saturation point with a second evaporator;

condensing water vapor contained in humid air from the second evaporator with a condenser;

collecting freshwater at the condenser from the condensed air, and brine at the second evaporator;

driving the freshwater to a solar heater to warm the freshwater; and

directing the warmed freshwater to the heat exchanger.

3. The method for controlling the desalination system according to claim 2 , wherein the heat exchanger is disposed perpendicularly to a direction of air flow, and disposed between the first evaporator and the second evaporator.

4. The method for controlling the desalination system according to claim 1 , wherein the brine treatment procedure comprises:

distributing the brine across a plurality of vertical plastic films oriented parallel to a prevailing wind direction;

collecting condensed water on a wall surface of the brine treatment compartment;

filling a solar pond with the brine, the solar pond comprising a plurality of compartments separated by a plurality of partition walls; and

transferring the brine through the plurality of compartments via a valve in each of the plurality of partition walls linking each of the plurality of compartments.

5. The method for controlling the desalination system according to claim 4 , wherein the solar pond is filled with the brine by gravity via an inclined surface located beneath the plurality of vertical plastic films.

6. The method for controlling the desalination system according to claim 4 , wherein the wall surface is a glass surface.

7. The method for controlling the desalination system according to claim 1 , further comprising controlling the desalination procedure and the brine treatment procedure based on one or more sensor readings of environmental conditions, and based on renewable energy resources.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2020
From: OUAMMI, AHMED; CHOUKAI, OUMAIMA; ZEJLI, DRISS
To: QATAR UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 053977/0211 →
Continuity (1)
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