Contactor for debubbling an ink
AssigneeCelgard, LLC
InventorsAmitava Sengupta, Daniel S. Huntsberger, Brian D. Miller
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a membrane contactor for debubbling (or degassing) a liguid. The membrane contactor comprises a perforated core tube, a plurality of hollow fiber membranes surrounding the tubes and having an end, a tube sheet affixing the end of the plurality of hollow fiber membranes to the core tube, and a shell surrounding the plurality of hollow fiber membranes and the tube sheet. A lumen side is defined by an internal surface of the membranes. A lumen side is defined by the perforated core tube, an external surface of said membrane, and the shell. The membrane is a single layered, skinned, polymethylpentene hollow fiber microporous membrane. The skin is on the shell side.
Claims4
A membrane contractor for debubbling or degassing a liquid comprising:
- a perforated core tube,
- a plurality of hollow fiber membranes surrounding said tube and having an end,
- a shell surrounding said plurality of hollow fiber membranes and said tube sheet,
- a lumen side being defined by an internal surface of said membrane,
- a shell side being defined by said perforated core tube, an external surface of said membrane, and said shell, and
- said membrane being a single layered, skinned, polymethylpentene hollow fiber microporous membrane, said skin being on the shell side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.