Patents by Inventor Muhammad Wakil SHAHZAD

Muhammad Wakil SHAHZAD 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).

  • Patent number: 12318717
    Abstract: A direct-contact, spray-assisted, evaporation and condensation, DCSEC system includes a heating block configured to receive and heat up seawater; plural evaporation and condensation stages, wherein n is a natural number, each stage being configured to generate water vapors through flash evaporation; an evaporation only stage connected to a last stage of the plural evaporation and condensation stages, the evaporation only stage configured to receive a brine from the last stage n of the plural evaporation and condensation stages; an input/output block configured to receive the brine from the evaporation only stage and to discharge it outside the system, and also to receive cooling water; and a pressure-swing regeneration block fluidly connected to the evaporation only stage to receive the water vapors and to generate a hot vapor, which is provided to the heating block for heating the seawater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qian Chen, Raid Alrowais, Muhammad Burhan, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Doskhan Ybyraiymkul, Faheem Hassan Akhtar, Kim Choon Ng
  • Publication number: 20240369239
    Abstract: A hybrid air conditioning system for cooling a chamber, the hybrid system including a desiccant-coated heat pump configured to cool, through evaporation and condensation of a refrigerant, a first air stream OA, and an indirect evaporative cooling, IEC, unit configured to cool a second air stream MA, which is related to the first air stream OA, through direct heat exchange between wet channels that are placed adjacent to dry channels. The desiccant-coated heat pump is fluidly connected to the IEC unit so that a generated supply air stream SA is dehumidified by a desiccant material coated on first and second heat exchangers of the desiccant-coated heat pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Qian CHEN, Muhammad Wakil SHAHZAD, M KUMJA, Faheem Hassan AKHTAR, Muhammad BURHAN, Doskhan YBYRAIYMKUL, Raid ALROWAIS, Kim Choon NG
  • Publication number: 20240288185
    Abstract: A hybrid air conditioning system for cooling a chamber includes a mechanical vapor compression, MVC, unit configured to cool, through evaporation and condensation of a medium, a first air stream (MA1, MA, MA2); and an indirect evaporative cooling, IEC, unit configured to cool a second air stream (CA, MA2, OA), which is related to the first air stream (MA1, MA, MA2), through direct heat exchange between wet channels that are placed adjacent to dry channels. The MVC unit is fluidly connected to the IEC unit so that a generated supply air stream SA is cooled by decoupling sensible and latent heat removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Qian CHEN, Muhammad Wakil SHAHZAD, M KUMJA, Muhammad BURHAN, Faheem Hassan AKHTAR, Doskhan YBYRAIYMKUL, Raid ALROWAIS, Kim Choon NG
  • Patent number: 12071938
    Abstract: A concentrating solar power plant includes a solar light capturing part configured to capture solar light; and a heat exchange part configured to transform solar energy, from the captured solar light, into heat, which is stored in a solid medium, wherein the solid medium is stored underground. The solar light capturing part has a heliostat farm, a beam down solar concentrator, and a compound concentrator, each configured to reflect the solar light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qian Chen, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Muhammad Burhan, Doskhan Ybyraiymkul, Faheem Hassan Akhtar, M. Kumja, Kim Choon Ng
  • Publication number: 20240198313
    Abstract: A composite adsorbent for adsorbing water includes a silica-cage having plural pores and internal channels that fluidly connect the plural pores, at least one interior chamber having an average diameter larger than an average diameter of the plural pores, wherein the at least one interior chamber is a result of a collapse of at least one pore of the plural pores and one channel of the internal channels, and a salt provided within the plural pores, the internal channels and the at least one interior chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Faheem Hassan AKHTAR, Muhammad BURHAN, Qian CHEN, Kim Choon NG, Muhammad Wakil SHAHZAD, Peng WANG, Kaijie YANG, Doskhan YBYRAIYMKUL
  • Patent number: 11834348
    Abstract: A cyclone-assisted distillation system including an energy supply system configured to generate water vapor; a cyclone-generating device configured to generate a vortex with the water vapor received from the energy supply system, the vortex generating a water vapor jet; and a distillation system configured to generate distillated water from saltwater, based on a steam jet obtained from (1) the water vapor of the energy supply system and (2) the water vapor jet from the cyclone-generating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kim Choon Ng, Muhammad Burhan, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Doskhan Ybyraiymkul
  • Publication number: 20230296087
    Abstract: A concentrating solar power plant includes a solar light capturing part configured to capture solar light; and a heat exchange part configured to transform solar energy, from the captured solar light, into heat, which is stored in a solid medium, wherein the solid medium is stored underground. The solar light capturing part has a heliostat farm, a beam down solar concentrator, and a compound concentrator, each configured to reflect the solar light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Qian CHEN, Muhammad Wakil SHAHZAD, Muhammad BURHAN, Doskhan YBYRAIYMKUL, Faheem Hassan AKHTAR, M. KUMJA, Kim Choon NG
  • Publication number: 20220410029
    Abstract: A direct-contact, spray-assisted, evaporation and condensation, DCSEC system includes a heating block configured to receive and heat up seawater; plural evaporation and condensation stages, wherein n is a natural number, each stage being configured to generate water vapors through flash evaporation; an evaporation only stage connected to a last stage of the plural evaporation and condensation stages, the evaporation only stage configured to receive a brine from the last stage n of the plural evaporation and condensation stages; an input/output block configured to receive the brine from the evaporation only stage and to discharge it outside the system, and also to receive cooling water; and a pressure-swing regeneration block fluidly connected to the evaporation only stage to receive the water vapors and to generate a hot vapor, which is provided to the heating block for heating the seawater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Qian CHEN, Raid ALROWAIS, Muhammad BURHAN, Muhammad Wakil SHAHZAD, Doskhan YBYRAIYMKUL, Faheem Hassan AKHTAR, Kim Choon NG
  • Patent number: 11230480
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a desalination system, comprising a membrane distillation unit; a preheater having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet, the outlet being in communication with the inlet; an evaporator in communication with the liquid outlet of the MD, and having a fluid inlet configured to provide heat to aqueous liquid in the evaporator, the evaporator having a vapor outlet; at least one adsorption-desorption unit, having a vapor inlet in communication with the vapor outlet of the evaporator, the AD including a fluid inlet configured to receive either a heating or a cooling fluid and a fluid outlet, the AD having a vapor outlet and further including a fluid inlet in communication with the fluid inlet of the AD, a fluid outlet in communication with the heating fluid inlet of the preheater; and a condenser in communication with the permeate vapor outlet of the MD or the AD or both and having a condensation outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Noreddine Ghaffour, Kim Choon Ng, Kyaw Thu, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad
  • Publication number: 20210341157
    Abstract: A cooling system for cooling an enclosure, the cooling system including a heat exchange section configured to transfer sensible heat; a humidifier located outside the heat exchange section and configured to humidify a working air stream C so that it transfers latent heat; an air moving system configured to move various air streams through the cooling system; and a piping system configured to connect the heat exchange section to the humidifier and the air moving system. The sensible heat transfer is decoupled from the latent heat transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kim Choon NG, Muhammad Wakil SHAHZAD, Muhammad BURHAN, Doskhan YBYRAIYMKUL, Seung Jin OH
  • Publication number: 20210221704
    Abstract: A cyclone-assisted distillation system including an energy supply system configured to generate water vapor; a cyclone-generating device configured to generate a vortex with the water vapor received from the energy supply system, the vortex generating a water vapor jet; and a distillation system configured to generate distillated water from saltwater, based on a steam jet obtained from (1) the water vapor of the energy supply system and (2) the water vapor jet from the cyclone-generating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kim Choon NG, Muhammad BURHAN, Muhammad Wakil SHAHZAD, Doskhan YBYRAIYMKUL
  • Publication number: 20210032764
    Abstract: A system includes a concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) array that includes a plurality of multi-junction solar cell modules, each of which includes a plurality of multi-junction solar cells and solar concentrating optics mounted on a two-axis solar tracker. The system also includes an energy storage system configured to receive electricity produced by the CPV array and configured to convert the electricity into formic acid by electrolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kim Choon NG, Muhammad BURHAN, Muhammad Wakil SHAHZAD, Peng WANG
  • Publication number: 20200148558
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a desalination system, comprising a membrane distillation unit; a preheater having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet, the outlet being in communication with the inlet; an evaporator in communication with the liquid outlet of the MD, and having a fluid inlet configured to provide heat to aqueous liquid in the evaporator, the evaporator having a vapor outlet; at least one adsorption-desorption unit, having a vapor inlet in communication with the vapor outlet of the evaporator, the AD including a fluid inlet configured to receive either a heating or a cooling fluid and a fluid outlet, the AD having a vapor outlet and further including a fluid inlet in communication with the fluid inlet of the AD, a fluid outlet in communication with the heating fluid inlet of the preheater; and a condenser in communication with the permeate vapor outlet of the MD or the AD or both and having a condensation outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Noreddine GHAFFOUR, Kim Choon NG, Kyaw THU, Muhammad Wakil SHAHZAD