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Fluid fractionating apparatus

US3953334A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 1974
Grant dateApr 27, 1976
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Expiry dateJun 26, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D63/065
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Fluid fractionating apparatus comprising a jacket, two side plates forming with said jacket a closed chamber, at least one aperture formed in each side plate, a cap located at least partly in each aperture, each cap having a cavity communicating with the interior of the chamber and an orifice communicating via its aperture with the exterior of the chamber, a plurality of cylindrical elements extending substantially axially in said chamber and each comprising a textile sheath forming at least one channel, and a membrane covering the textile sheath and being joined thereto at each of its ends in a leakproof manner, the cylindrical elements having an external diameter of between 1 and 10 mm, the two ends of the cylindrical elements each being located in a fluidtight manner in the cavity of one of said caps, and means for feeding a fluid to and from the chamber. The cylindrical elements are grouped in bundles, the ends of the elements of a bundle being located in the cavity of a single cap.

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