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Countercurrent dehydration by hollow fibers

US5002590A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 19, 1989
Grant dateMar 26, 1991
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2319/04
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A gas dehydration method and apparatus are disclosed which utilize lumen-side feed, thin-film which is highly permeable, such composite membranes being used in a module wherein the permeate flows countercurrent to the flow of the feed.

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