US Patent Issued to Asahi Kasei on April 29 for "Membrane distillation module and membrane distillation apparatus using same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,724, issued on April 29, was assigned to Asahi Kasei K.K. (Tokyo).

"Membrane distillation module and membrane distillation apparatus using same" was invented by Tomotaka Hashimoto (Tokyo) and Tomoya Anan (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a membrane distillation module with excellent stability of water treatment ability over time as a result of wetting being controlled; and a membrane distillation apparatus comprising the same. Provided is a membrane distillation module that comprises a housing and multiple porous hollow fiber membranes, both ends of which are bonded and fixed to ...