Patent ID: 11970410
Assignee: INNOVATOR ENERGY, LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C  F  H  Y | IPC C  F  H

Claim 0:
1. A process for desalination comprising:
providing a fluidly connected first reservoir, second reservoir, and desalination membrane wherein the desalination membrane has a permeate side and a desalination feed side;
exposing the permeate side of the desalination membrane to hydrostatic pressure of a low density fluid in the second reservoir;
exposing the desalination feed side of the desalination membrane to hydrostatic pressure of a body of water in need of desalination;
allowing at least a portion of the water in the body of water in need of desalination to permeate the desalination membrane from the desalination feed side to the desalination permeate side forming a desalination permeate; and
allowing a transfer of the desalination permeate into the second reservoir to displace at least a portion of the low density fluid in the second reservoir and transfer the low density fluid from the second reservoir to a first reservoir;
wherein the elevation of the first reservoir is above the elevation of the second reservoir.