Patent SG-11201805565Y-A (SG)
Title: Systems and methods for collecting a species
Inventor: DAMAK MAHER
IPC: B03C3/53
Filed: 2016-09-28
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization IIIM141101110101011111 HO 11111010111111011110111101fill011111011110111111 International Bureau ... .... ..Yjd (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ..... ...r .....1 WO 2017/058949 Al 6 April 2017 (06.04.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every B03C 3/45 (2006.01) B03C 3/53 (2006.01) kind AO, of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (21) International Application Number: BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, PCT/US2016/054230 DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (22) International Filing Date: HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, 28 September 2016 (28.09.2016) KW, MG, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (25) Filing Language: English OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (26) Publication Language: English SC, TN, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, (30) Priority Data: ZW. 62/233,499 28 September 2015 (28.09.2015) US (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (71) Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, TECHNOLOGY [US/US]; 77 Massachusetts Avenue, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, Cambridge, MA 02139 (US). TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, (72) TJ, Inventors: DAMAK, Maher; 52 Portmouth St, Cam- TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, bridge, MA 02141 (US). MAHMOUDI, Seyed, Reza; 110 EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, _ Kodeak Way, Unit 2827, Waltham, MA 02451 (US). LV, SM, VARANASI, Kripa, K.; 31 Fletcher Avenue, Unit 5, Lex- GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). ington, MA 02420 (US). MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, (74) Agent: OYER, Timothy, J.; Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, Published: = P.C., 600 Atlantic Avennue, Boston, MA 02210-2206 — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (US). = = (54) Title: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING A SPECIES (57) tion The : Systems and methods related to the collec- of a species from a gas stream are generally provided. systems and methods described herein may allow for = - _ = collection of a species such as a fluid (e.g., water) with a = relatively high collection efficiency. Such systems and 120\ 115 \ methods may be useful in various applications including, for example, fog collection. In some embodiments, the = = \ systems and methods enhance water collection from air- borne fog to produce usable water. Advantageously, the = _ methods described herein may, in some cases, incorporate ions into the gas stream such that the species present in the gas stream follows electric field lines and/or are attracted = = i lo • 1N to a grounded (or charged) collector. Advantageously, the -_ systems and methods described herein may suppress the adverse effects of natural conditions such as the velocity and direction of the wind. _ 1-1 .4 FIG. 1A CT iv CT co kin © IN ,-1 © ei O