Patent ID: 11925902
Assignee: BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A method of treating a fluid, comprising:
introducing a feed fluid stream comprising multiple materials to a first side of a thermally, reflective membrane positioned between a feed region and a permeate region of an internal chamber of a housing structure the thermally reflective membrane comprising a semipermeable structure and a porous, thermally reflective structure comprising discrete thermally reflective particles and a binder material coupling the discrete thermally reflective particles to one another and the semipermeable structure, the thermally reflective structure on a side of the permeate region of the internal chamber and physically contacting the semipermeable structure, the first side of the thermally reflective membrane having a greater temperature than a second, opposing side of the thermally reflective membrane; and
transferring one or more of the multiple materials of the feed fluid stream through the thermally reflective membrane and to the second, opposing side of the thermally reflective membrane using membrane distillation.