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Central core element for a separator assembly

US9795924B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Jonathan Sebastian Janssen · Troy, US
Philip Paul Beauchamp · Rexford, US
Todd Alan Anderson · Beaverton, US
Mohammed Mounir Shalaby · Mason, US
Wenpeng Liu · Clifton Park, US
Anubhav Kumar · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2011
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 25, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01D2313/12
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a central core element for a reverse osmosis separator assembly, the central core element comprising a pair of central core element components, each of said core element components comprising at least one porous exhaust conduit and at least one friction coupling, the friction couplings being configured to join said core element components to form a central core element defining a cavity configured to accommodate a first portion of a membrane stack assembly; wherein each core element component comprises a first section defining an exhaust cavity and a second section comprising a porous exhaust conduit, wherein said porous exhaust conduit comprises a removable wall member configured to form a substantial portion of a porous exhaust conduit wall.

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