HEAT TRANSFER METHODS FOR OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION AND DESALINATION - Patent 2076320

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EP 2 076 320 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	07.08.2008

(43)	Date of publication:
	08.07.2009 Bulletin 2009/28

(21)	Application number: 07843671.4

(22)	Date of filing: 02.10.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B01D 3/06^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2007/080178

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2008/042893 (10.04.2008 Gazette 2008/15)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

02.10.2006 US 827881 P
25.09.2007 US 860647

(71)	Applicant: Prueitt, Melvin L.
	Los Alamos, NM 87544 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Prueitt, Melvin L. Los Alamos, NM 87544 (US)

(74)	Representative: Ruhrmann, Andrea Elizabeth et al
	Kilburn & Strode LLP 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ London WC1R 4PJ (GB)

(54)	HEAT TRANSFER METHODS FOR OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION AND DESALINATION