Patent ID: 11872508
Assignee: XDI HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C  F  Y | IPC B  C  F

Claim 19:
20. A system for harvesting salt, metals, and generating distilled water from at least one of a produced water or salt water, comprising:
a direct steam generator (DSG) configured to generate steam that includes superheated steam and combustion exhaust constituents;
a commodity pre-harvesting stage operating before the DSG, wherein the pre-harvesting stage includes a pre-harvesting conduit, wherein the commodity pre-harvesting stage is configured to remove and collect the metals; and
a separation system operating after the DSG, configured to separate salt and lithium, silver, magnesium, or aluminum from the steam and combustion exhaust constituents in a brine form, wherein a blowdown is created in an outlet conduit from the separation system, wherein the system is configured to create the blowdown in a level from 3 to 10 percent; and
an energy recovery system that includes an expansion turbine configured to recover energy from the steam and exhaust constituents.