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Device for removing entrained gases from liquids

US6267926A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 8, 1998
Grant dateJul 31, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2205/7536
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus and method for removing entrained gases from a liquid by directing a liquid flow adjacent a substantially hydrophobic microporous membrane material and providing a negative pressure to one side of the membrane material to draw undissolved gas bubbles out of the liquid and through the membrane walls.

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