US Patent Issued to Deven Charles Chakrabarti on May 12 for "Extractive desalination of sea water using a special class of polar organic solvents" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,925, issued on May 12, was assigned to Deven Charles Chakrabarti (Moorestown, N.J.).

"Extractive desalination of sea water using a special class of polar organic solvents" was invented by Deven Charles Chakrabarti (Moorestown, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solvent extraction process for desalination of seawater. The process uses a special class of polar organic solvents to preferentially dissolve salt-free water from salty water, which exhibits a reverse solubility-temperature behavior (i.e., the solubility of water in the solvent is high at room temperature but significantly lower at higher temperatures). The desalination pro...