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Apparatus and method for separating fluids through a membrane

US6926829B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

Kvaerner Process Systems A.S. · NO

Inventors

Henrik Dannstrom · Sandefjord, NO
Olav Falk-Pedersen · Rjukan, NO
Odd Rønning · Sandefjord, NO
Dag Stuksrud · Sandefjord, NO
Marianne Søby Grønvold · Porsgrunn, NO

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 6, 2001
Grant date	Aug 9, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01D2313/14
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Apparatus for contacting first and second fluids at elevated pressures with a membrane such that one or more components of one of the fluids passes through the membrane into the other fluid, comprising a housing e.g. a pressure vessel (4), and a membrane module (20) housed in the pressure vessel and having a first fluid inlet (8a) and a first fluid outlet (8b) and a second fluid inlet (9a) and a second fluid outlet (9b), wherein a seal (61) extends round the membrane module and seals between an outside wall of the membrane module and an inside wall of the pressure vessel so as to separate the first fluid inlet from the first fluid outlet.

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