US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on June 16 for "Systems and methods for compact, decentralized desalination of feedwater for point-of-use applications" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,134, issued on June 16, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for compact, decentralized desalination of feedwater for point-of-use applications" was invented by Quantum J. Wei (Cambridge, Mass.), Sahil Rajesh Shah (Edmonton, Canada) and Grace Bethea Connors (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for configuring compact desalination RO systems operable for point-of-use applications are disclosed herein. The compact RO system can include a single RO element disposed in a vessel and connected to one or more pumps in a circulation loop that recirculat...