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

Claim 10:
11. A fluid treatment system, comprising:
a feed fluid source configured to produce a feed fluid stream comprising multiple materials;
a heat transfer apparatus configured and positioned to receive the feed fluid stream from the feed fluid source and to influence a temperature of the feed fluid stream; and
a thermally reflective membrane apparatus downstream of the feed fluid source and the heat transfer apparatus, the thermally reflective membrane apparatus comprising:
a housing structure; and
a thermally reflective membrane positioned between a feed region and a permeate region of an internal chamber of the housing structure, the permeate region of the internal chamber defining a cavity spaced apart from the thermally reflective membrane, and the thermally reflective membrane comprising:
a semipermeable structure; and
a porous, thermally reflective structure physically contacting the semipermeable structure and comprising:
discrete thermally reflective particles; and
a binder material coupling the discrete thermally reflective particles to one another and the semipermeable structure.