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Seawater pre-deaerator for open-cycle ocean thermal energy conversion applications

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5351700
This patent describes a seawater deaerator. It comprises a water reservoir, a low pressure gas chamber above the water reservoir, a vacuum pump connected to the gas chamber for evacuating the gas chamber, gas injectors near a bottom of the water reservoir for injecting gas in the water reservoir, a conduit connected to an exhaust of the vacuum pump for recycling exhaust gas from the vacuum pump to the gas injectors, means in the gas injectors for releasing gas into the reservoir in fine seed bubble nuclei.
Assignee:
Research Corp. of Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)
Patent Number(s):
A; US 5096544
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-350912
OSTI ID:
5351700
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English