Patents by Inventor Robert Lee Solomon

Robert Lee Solomon 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: 8636889
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte producing system includes a supercapacitor desalination device comprising a power supply and a supercapacitor desalination unit. The supercapacitor desalination unit includes a pair of electrodes electrically coupled to the power supply and operable in a charging mode of operation and a discharging mode of operation. A feeding source is configured to provide a feed liquid to the supercapacitor desalination unit when the supercapacitor desalination unit is in the charging mode of operation. The feed liquid comprises at least one determined electrolyte. A crystallization device is providing for receiving a concentrated liquid from the supercapacitor desalination device in the discharging mode of operation, the concentrated liquid being a saturated liquid or supersaturated liquid of the at least one determined type of electrolyte. The at least one determined type of electrolyte precipitates in the crystallization device as solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Wei Cai, Rihua Xiong, Chang Wei, Robert Lee Solomon, Rengarajan Ramesh
  • Publication number: 20120160753
    Abstract: A desalination plant for treating a sea water or brackish water feed is provided. The desalination plant includes a first treatment section to effectively remove scaling species, the first treatment section including nanofiltration section, the nanofiltration section including at least two stages and at least two passes; and a reverse osmosis section that operates at high recovery to produce a purified permeate stream and a selectively NaCl salt-enriched reject stream as a saline output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Nishith Vora, Irving David Elyanow, Robert Lee Solomon, John Herbert, Lanny D. Weimer
  • Publication number: 20110042232
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte producing system includes a supercapacitor desalination device comprising a power supply and a supercapacitor desalination unit. The supercapacitor desalination unit includes a pair of electrodes electrically coupled to the power supply and operable in a charging mode of operation and a discharging mode of operation. A feeding source is configured to provide a feed liquid to the supercapacitor desalination unit when the supercapacitor desalination unit is in the charging mode of operation. The feed liquid comprises at least one determined electrolyte. A crystallization device is providing for receiving a concentrated liquid from the supercapacitor desalination device in the discharging mode of operation, the concentrated liquid being a saturated liquid or supersaturated liquid of the at least one determined type of electrolyte. The at least one determined type of electrolyte precipitates in the crystallization device as solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Wei Cai, Rihua Xiong, Chang Wei, Robert Lee Solomon, Rengarajan Ramesh
  • Publication number: 20100163471
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a desalination plant that operates with a sea water or brackish water feed and produces a concentrated and selectively improved salt reject stream and a pure water permeate stream from a first treatment section that is arranged to produce primarily water at high recovery using membrane desalination processes. The reject stream from the first treatment line has a component distribution that is substantially reduced in native di- and polyvalent scaling ions, essentially depleted of sulfate, has substantially higher total dissolved solids than a traditional sea water reverse osmosis reject, yet is suitable for thermal treatment processes. The system may be enhanced by monovalent salt components. The unit may be integrated with a second treatment section, in which the first reject stream is further concentrated, purified, and processed to produce a high purity salt product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Irving Elyanow, John Herbert, Robert Lee Solomon, Nishith Vora, Lanny D. Weimer