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Gas separator apparatus

US8043418B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

12Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

James Anthony Ruud · Delmar, US
Michael John Bowman · Niskayuna, US
Kalya Vijaya Sarathy · Bengaluru, IN
Mohan Manoharan · Bengaluru, IN
Anthony Yu-Chung Ku · Fremont, US
Vidya Ramaswamy · Niskayuna, US
Patrick Roland Lucien Malenfant · Ottawa, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 8, 2006
Grant date	Oct 25, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02C20/40
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for separating at least one component from a mixture of a plurality of chemical species is provided. The apparatus comprises a membrane structure comprising a plurality of pores disposed within a matrix material to allow mass transport from a first surface of the membrane structure to a second surface of the membrane structure. The matrix material has a thermal conductivity of at least about 10 W/m/K; and a functional material disposed within at least a portion of the plurality of pores. The functional material has the property of promoting selective transport of at least one species through the membrane structure from the first surface to the second surface.

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