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US 2006/0124515 A1Published application
Methods and systems for membrane testing
AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
InventorsNandakishore Rajagopalan, Todd Rusk, Robert Sanford
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Abstract
A method for testing the integrity of a membrane includes steps of placing a magnetically susceptible material in a fluid upstream of the membrane, collecting the material downstream of the membrane using a magnetic field, and detecting the material using a sensor.
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A membrane integrity testing system comprising:
- a non-metallic container for containing a fluid and configured to receive the membrane;
- a magnetic collector configured to apply a magnetic field sufficient to collect magnetically susceptible material from the fluid in said container downstream from the membrane;
- and,
- a sensor configured to sense said collected material.
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