Patents by Inventor Brian C. McCool

Brian C. McCool has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and System for High Recovery Water Desalting
    Publication number: 20110155665
    Abstract: A method of desalting an aqueous solution includes performing a demineralization process on a concentrate solution to produce a demineralized solution and performing a desalting process. A method of recovering an aqueous solution includes performing a first membrane based separation process on a feed stream to produce a permeate stream and a concentrate stream, performing a demineralization process on the concentrate stream to produce a solid phase and a liquid phase, separating the solid phase from the liquid phase, and performing a second membrane based separation process on the liquid phase. The demineralization process includes adding chemical additives to induce calcium carbonate precipitation and subsequently adding gypsum seeds to the concentrate stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Yoram Cohen, Brian C. McCool, Anditya Rahardianto