Patents by Inventor Engelbert Peter Jurrie Jan Koele

Engelbert Peter Jurrie Jan Koele 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).

  • Membrane distillation method for the purification of a liquid
    Patent number: 8287735
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for the purification of a liquid by membrane distillation comprising: passing a heated vapourising stream of a liquid (retentate stream) through a retentate channel along a porous hydrophobic membrane (10), whereby vapour of the liquid flows via the pores of the membrane to the other side of said membrane, and condensing said vapour on the other side of said membrane to give a distillate stream in a distillate channel (5) which distillate is created by passing the heat of condensation (latent heat) towards a condenser surface (3), said condenser surface forming a non-porous separation between a feed stream of the liquid to be purified and said distillate stream, which feed stream is passed through a feed channel (2) in counter-current with the retentate stream, in which feed channel a space material (4) is arranged whereby at least part of the latent heat is transferred via the condenser surface to the feed stream, and whereby a positive liquid pressure difference is applied be
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Jan Hendrik Hanemaaijer, Albert Edward Jansen, Jolanda Van Medevoort, Hans De Jong, Eric Van Sonsbeek, Engelbert Peter Jurrie Jan Koele, Jan Willem Assink
  • MEMBRANE DISTILLATION METHOD FOR THE PURIFICATION OF A LIQUID
    Publication number: 20100072135
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for the purification of a liquid by membrane distillation comprising: passing a heated vapourising stream of a liquid (retentate stream) through a retentate channel along a porous hydrophobic membrane (10), whereby vapour of the liquid flows via the pores of the membrane to the other side of said membrane, and condensing said vapour on the other side of said membrane to give a distillate stream in a distillate channel (5) which distillate is created by passing the heat of condensation (latent heat) towards a condenser surface (3), said condenser surface forming a non-porous separation between a feed stream of the liquid to be purified and said distillate stream, which feed stream is passed through a feed channel (2) in counter-current with the retentate stream, in which feed channel a space material (4) is arranged whereby at least part of the latent heat is transferred via the condenser surface to the feed stream, and whereby a positive liquid pressure difference is applied be
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Jan Hendrik Hanemaaijer, Albert Edward Jansen, Jolanda Van Medevoort, Hans De Jong, Eric Van Sonsbeek, Engelbert Peter Jurrie Jan Koele, Jan Willem Assink