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  • Desalination
  • Purification
  • Leak Detection
MIT Technology Licensing Office

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Selection of WATER TREATMENT technologies available for licensing

For a one-page description of each case with contact information, click on the case number.The date when a case was added to this newsletter is indicated after the case title.

For other water treatment technology inquiries, please contact Jim Freedman. For other MIT Intellectual Property available for licensing, please contact the appropriate Licensing Officer.

  • Desalination
  • Case 12238 Desalination with electric field and flow discharge of ions (March 24, 2010)
  • Case 13474 Methods for membrane distillation using pressure difference across a hydrophobic membrane (March 24, 2010)
  • Case 13607 Humidification-Dehumidification Water Desalination System Operating Under Reduced Pressure (August 24, 2011)
  • Case 13622 Efficient humidification-dehumidification water desalination (March 24, 2010)
  • Case 13865 Method and process of water desalination using selectively dissolving solvent (April 6, 2012)
  • Case 14016 High-throughput nanofluidic desalting system using concentration polarization effect (March 24, 2010)
  • Case 14295 Method, System and Apparatus for High Efficiency Thermal Desalination (August 24, 2011)
  • Leak Detection
  • Case 13758 Robotic Apparatus and Process for Pipeline Rehabilitation (August 24, 2011)
  • Case 14488 An Integrated System for the Continuous Monitoring of Water Distribution Systems (August 31, 2011)
  • Case 14525 Methodology for Detecting and Localizing Pipe Burst Events in a Water Distribution System (August 24, 2011)
  • Case 14570 In-Pipe Leak Detection via multi-point close proximity scanning (August 24, 2011)
  • Case 14660 In-Pipe Water Leak Detection Based on Pressure Gradient (August 31, 2011)
  • Purification
  • Case 12387 Superhydrophobic nanomaterials for oil spill cleanup (March 24, 2010)
  • Case 13139 Water and oil resistant fabrics with tunable surface energy or wettability (March 24, 2010)
  • Case 13474 Methods for membrane distillation using pressure difference across a hydrophobic membrane (March 24, 2010)
  • Case 13534 Responsive material for separation of organics from water and methods thereof (March 24, 2010)
  • Case 14703 Photovoltaic Reverse Osmosis System with Thermal Management (April 21, 2011)
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