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Membrane assemblies and methods of making and using the same

US8622223B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Anping Zhang · Rexford, US
Azar Alizadeh · Saratoga Springs, US
Joleyn Eileen Balch · Clifton Park, US
Rui Chen · Clifton Park, US
Anthony John Murray · Lebanon, US
Vicki Herzl Watkins · Alplaus, US
Oliver Charles Boomhower · Cohoes, US
Reed Roeder Corderman · Niskayuna, US
Peter Paul Gipp · Schenectady, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 17, 2008
Grant date	Jan 7, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/249969
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of making a membrane assembly is provided. The method comprises forming an inorganic membrane layer disposed on a substrate, and forming a plurality of macropores in the substrate at least in part using anodization. Further, a membrane assembly is provided. The membrane assembly comprises a filtering membrane that is coupled to an anodized substrate comprising a plurality of macropores.

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