ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,632, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PRINCE MOHAMMAD BIN FAHD UNIVERSITY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Brine water desalination system and method of control" was invented by Feroz Shaik (Andhra Pradesh, India) and Faizan Ahmed (Hyderabad Telangana, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A desalination system and method for controlling the desalination system include thin-filmed photocatalyst coated glass tubes which perform a photocatalytic cleaning reaction to remove contaminants. A first flow control valve directs the contaminant-free feed water either to a feed water heater for pre-heating or to a geothermal energy-based heat exchang...