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Mass transfer device having a hollow fiber bundle

US5376334A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 19, 1993
Grant dateDec 27, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2701/38
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A mass transfer device including a hollow fiber bundle wound on a core for radially outward flow of a first fluid. The core has an axis extending from one end to the other. The hollow fiber bundle has packing fractions which increase radially outward of the core's axis for a major portion of the bundle. Methods for making such mass transfer device.

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