Membraneless seawater desalination

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dc.contributor.assigneeBoard of Regents, The University of Texas System
dc.creatorRichard A. Crooks
dc.creatorKyle N. Knust
dc.creatorRobbyn K. Perdue
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-23T19:29:21Z
dc.date.available2019-10-23T19:29:21Z
dc.date.filed2013-12-20
dc.date.issued2018-04-03
dc.description.abstractDisclosed are microfluidic devices and systems for the desalination of water. The devices and systems can include an electrode configured to generate an electric field gradient in proximity to an intersection formed by the divergence of two microfluidic channels from an inlet channel. Under an applied bias and in the presence of a pressure driven flow of saltwater, the electric field gradient can preferentially direct ions in saltwater into one of the diverging microfluidic channels, while desalted water flows into second diverging channel. Also provided are methods of using the devices and systems described herein to decrease the salinity of water.
dc.description.departmentBoard of Regents, University of Texas System
dc.identifier.applicationnumber14136541
dc.identifier.patentnumber9932251
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/76974
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/4063
dc.publisherUnited States Patent and Trademark Office
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity of Texas Patents
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity of Texas Patents
dc.rights.restrictionOpen
dc.rights.restrictionOpen
dc.subject.cpcC02F1/4604
dc.subject.cpcC02F1/4696
dc.subject.cpcC02F2001/46128
dc.subject.cpcC02F2103/08
dc.subject.uspcNo longer published
dc.titleMembraneless seawater desalination
dc.typePatent

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