Patent · US Expired

Membrane drying process and system

US5084073A · kind A · utility

45Cited by
16References
27Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateOct 11, 1990
Grant dateJan 28, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 11, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D53/22
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Enhanced air drying or other gas purifications are achieved using purge gas, rather than product gas, to facilitate permeation in membrane systems having substrates adapted to achieve radial mixing and having countercurrent flow patterns and uniform flow of gas over the surface of the membranes.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.