Filtration module including hollow fiber supports
AssigneeDow Global Technologies LLC
InventorsSteven J. Gluck, Peter E. Aerts
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Abstract
A filtration module including a plurality of vertically aligned semi-permeable hollow fiber membranes, a plurality of fiber supports spaced apart and along the length of the hollow fiber membranes wherein each fiber support comprises a plurality of partitions that segment the hollow fiber membranes into multiple groupings and wherein a plurality of the groupings of one fiber support are distinct from those of another.
Claims5
A filtration module comprising a plurality of vertically aligned semi-permeable hollow fiber membranes extending along a length between first and second ends with one of said ends potted within a header,
- a plurality of fiber supports spaced apart and along the length of the hollow fiber membranes wherein each fiber support comprises a frame including a plurality of partitions that segment the hollow fiber membranes into multiple fiber groupings passing through the fiber support, and
- wherein a plurality of the fiber groupings associated with at least one fiber support are distinct from those of another fiber support.
The filtration module of any preceding claim wherein a plurality of fiber groupings associated with at least one fiber support share no more than 90% of the same hollow fiber membranes as the fiber groupings associated with another fiber support.
The filtration module of any preceding claim wherein a plurality of fiber groupings associated with at least one fiber support share no more than 60% of the same hollow fiber membranes as the fiber groupings associated with another fiber support.
The filtration module of any preceding claim wherein the fiber groupings associated with each fiber support share no more than 90% of the same hollow fiber membranes as the fiber groupings of an adjacent fiber support.
The filtration module of any preceding claim wherein at least 50% of the partitions are of the same dimension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.