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Seawater desalination technology

Biomimetic seawater desalination technology inspired by mangrove root structures

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Key features

  • Low-power or non-powered seawater desalination method
  • The strong Zeta potential on the membrane surface pushes out anions while maintaining electrical neutrality, effectively removing both cations and anions

Application field

  • Seawater desalination

Seawater desalination technology using evaporation-driven membranes for freshwater production

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  • 해수 담수화용 3차원 다공성 멤브레인, 그의 제조방법, 그를 포함하는 해수 담수화 장치 및 그것을 이용한 해수 담수화 방법 (출원번호: 10-2018-0136425, PCT/KR2018/015514)

Key features

  • Fabrication of interfacial evaporation membranes using extremely low-cost materials and processes that utilize solar energy to evaporate water
  • It possesses a remarkably high evaporation efficiency of 99.997% (8.7 times higher than the evaporation rate of water) and is the highest among existing evaporation membranes. (Daily water production: 30.6 liters per square meter)

Application field

  • Process based on evaporation for environmentally friendly, non-powered desalination method, ensuring drinking water supply from seawater and brine, as well as metal enrichment from seawater
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Seawater desalination technology using alginate MOF adsorbents and biomimetic membranes

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  • 등록번호: 1023324340000, 출원번호: 1020200127214

Key features

  • The synthesized alginate-based MOF effectively removes high concentrations of salts present in seawater (TDS: 35,000 ppm)
  • In the low-concentration range where the desalination performance of MOF adsorbents is limited, additional desalination can be achieved using biomimetic membranes that mimic mangrove roots, powered by non-electricity.

Application field

  • Seawater desalination