US Patent Issued on Feb. 17 for "System and method for reducing the dissolved solids of a non-potable aqueous flow" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,849, issued on Feb. 17.

"System and method for reducing the dissolved solids of a non-potable aqueous flow" was invented by Jack C. Gardiner (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes a flow-electrode capacitive deionization (FCDI) desalination system and method of use. An FCDI desalination system is described employing one or more FCDI cells equipped with two coaxially oriented membranes mounted within a column housing capped with two end caps, each end cap comprising two carbon slurry ports and one water port. The column is lined with a chargeable sleeve capable of receiving a positive or negative char...