Point-of-use water purifier with polysulfone hollow fibres
OwnerAlla SCHMITTEL, Massimo BASAGNI +3inventors
InventorsAlla SCHMITTEL, Massimo BASAGNI, David EVANS, Eric GAULLE, Torsten KELLER
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Abstract
It is described a point-of-use (POU) water purifier (10), comprising a housing (11) the inner space of which is divided by a bundle (16) of hollow fibers into an inlet compartment (14) in fluid communication with an opening (12) for connection of the purifier to the waterworks, and an outlet compartment (15) in fluid communication with the outlet (13) of purified water; the hollow fibers have an inner diameter between 150 and 250 μιτι and a wall thickness between 30 and 50 μιτι, and have pores of different size and shape on the inner and outer surface of the fiber.
Claims5
A membrane made of polysulfone in the form of a hollow fiber, characterized by an inner diameter between 150 and 250 μm and a wall thickness between 30 and 50 μm, and by having pores of different size and shape on the inner and outer surface of the fiber.
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