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Water purifying method and system

US4772390A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 1985
Grant dateSep 20, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D71/262
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Water contaminated by small amounts of bacteria, pyrogens and low molecular weight organic compounds is treated by passing said contaminated water through a microporous polyolefin membrane having a multitude of rectangularly shaped nodule areas, each nodule area containing a plurality of strip-like microfibrils arranged in a longitudinal direction from one surface of a nodule to the side opposite said surface thereby forming a plurality of strip-like micropores in each nodule, said micropores being contiguous with each other from one surface to the other surface of the membrane thereby forming a micro-stacked structure, the mean pore diameter of said micropores ranging from 0.03 to 0.8 .mu..

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