公开(公告)号：US20240198291A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18556892

申请日：2022-05-02

申请人： Massachusetts Institute of Technology

发明人： Quantum J. WEI ,  Andrew T. BOUMA ,  John H. LIENHARD

IPC分类号： B01D65/02 ,  B01D61/10

CPC分类号： B01D65/02 ,  B01D61/10 ,  B01D65/027 ,  B01D2311/14 ,  B01D2311/16 ,  B01D2313/243 ,  B01D2317/04 ,  B01D2321/04 ,  B01D2321/205 ,  B01D2321/2083

摘要： Systems and methods for rapid flushing of a membrane-based fluid filtration system are disclosed herein. During flushing, a membrane of the system can be decoupled from other portions of the system and brine can be flushed from the membrane separate from the other portions of the system. In some embodiments, the membrane can be connected to a pump to form a flushing loop that is separate from the flushing loops of the main system to flow the flushing fluid therethrough. The flushing fluid through the membrane can be optimized and set based on a flow rate of the membrane to prevent damaging the membrane while minimizing flush time of the membrane relative to the flush time of the system.