Shell-less hollow fiber membrane fluid contactor
US6149817A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D2313/10
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A shell-less fluid contactor and a process for transferring a fluid component between a shell-side fluid and a lumen-side fluid. The shell-side fluid is introduced through a fluid distribution tube and discharged from the tube into contact with a surrounding bundle of microporous hollow fiber membranes. A fluid component is transferred by diffusion, through the walls of the hollow fiber membranes, from the shell-side fluid to the lumen-side fluid. Multiple contactors can be combined into an assembly for multi-stage processing of fluids.
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