ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,124, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).
"State diagnosis method for separation membrane element" was invented by Yoshiyuki Kawashima (Otsu, Japan), Kazunori Tomioka (Otsu, Japan), Koji Nakatsuji (Iyo-gun, Japan) and Seiichi Amamiya (Otsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a state diagnosis method for a separation membrane element, including: calculating an initial value of a membrane separation performance based on at least any of a pressure, a flow rate, and a solute concentration of water-to-be-treated and at least any of a pressure, a flow rate, and a solute concen...