Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting device

Kim, Hyunho; Yang, Sungwoo; Narayanan, Shankar; Umans, Ari Samuel; Wang, Evelyn N.; Rao, Sameer R.

Title: Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting device

Abstract

A water-harvesting system can operate with a material that can take up and release water with minimum energy requirements and powered by low-grade energy sources, such as sunlight, in order to potentially allow its deployment into households, especially those located in sunny regions. A water-harvesting method and system can include vapor adsorption using a porous metal-organic framework. In certain embodiments, the porous metal-organic framework can include metal-organic framework in ambient air with low relative humidity, typical of the levels found in most dry regions of the world.

Inventors:: Kim, Hyunho; Yang, Sungwoo; Narayanan, Shankar; Umans, Ari Samuel; Wang, Evelyn N.; Rao, Sameer R.

Issue Date:: 2020-05-05

Research Org.:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1650851

Patent Number(s):: 10640954

Application Number:: 15/828,397

Assignee:: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
B01D15/36 - involving ionic interaction
B01D2253/204 - Metal organic frameworks
B01D2257/80 - Water
B01D2258/06 - Polluted air
B01D2259/40098 - with other heating means
B01D2259/80 - Employing electric, magnetic, electromagnetic or wave energy, or particle radiation
B01D5/0003 - {by using heat-exchange surfaces for indirect contact between gases or vapours and the cooling medium}
B01D5/0015 - {Plates}
B01D5/006 - {with evaporation or distillation}
B01D53/261 - {by adsorption}

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J20/103 - {comprising silica}
B01J20/20 - comprising free carbon
B01J20/226 - {Coordination polymers, e.g. metal-organic frameworks [MOF], zeolitic imidazolate frameworks [ZIF]
B01J20/28047 - {Gels}
B01J20/3204 - {Inorganic carriers, supports or substrates}
B01J20/3236 - {containing metal, other than zeolites, e.g. oxides, hydroxides, sulphides or salts}
B01J20/3238 - {containing any type of zeolite}
B01J20/324 - {containing free carbon, e.g. activated carbon}

C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
C02F1/288 - {using composite sorbents, e.g. coated, impregnated, multi-layered}
C02F2201/001 - Build in apparatus for autonomous on board water supply and wastewater treatment
C02F2201/32 - Details relating to UV-irradiation devices

E - FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS E03 - WATER SUPPLY E03B - INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
E03B3/28 - from humid air

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Y02A20/00 - Water conservation

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DOE Contract Number:: AR0000185

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 11/30/2017

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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                    Kim, Hyunho, Yang, Sungwoo, Narayanan, Shankar, Umans, Ari Samuel, Wang, Evelyn N., and Rao, Sameer R.. Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting device.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Kim, Hyunho, Yang, Sungwoo, Narayanan, Shankar, Umans, Ari Samuel, Wang, Evelyn N., & Rao, Sameer R.. Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting device.  United States.

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                    Kim, Hyunho, Yang, Sungwoo, Narayanan, Shankar, Umans, Ari Samuel, Wang, Evelyn N., and Rao, Sameer R.. Tue .  
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  title        = {Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting device},

  author       = {Kim, Hyunho and Yang, Sungwoo and Narayanan, Shankar and Umans, Ari Samuel and Wang, Evelyn N. and Rao, Sameer R.},

  abstractNote = {A water-harvesting system can operate with a material that can take up and release water with minimum energy requirements and powered by low-grade energy sources, such as sunlight, in order to potentially allow its deployment into households, especially those located in sunny regions. A water-harvesting method and system can include vapor adsorption using a porous metal-organic framework. In certain embodiments, the porous metal-organic framework can include metal-organic framework in ambient air with low relative humidity, typical of the levels found in most dry regions of the world.},

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