Maintenance of Air Layers for Fouling Prevention on Submerged Surfaces

An apparatus for enhanced anti-fouling of a submerged surface includes a bath of a feed liquid that includes water; a fouling structure in contact with the feed liquid; and a gas feed configured to introduce a gas into contact with the fouling structure and the feed liquid to separate the fouling structure from the feed liquid with a gas layer.

Researchers

Amelia Servi / David Warsinger / Jaichander Swaminathan / John Lienhard

Departments: Lincoln Laboratory, Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics: Medical Device Coatings / Chemicals & Materials: Polymers / Environmental Engineering: Sustainability & Recycling

  • maintenance of gas layers for fouling prevention on submerged surfaces
    United States of America | Granted | 10,441,921

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