Sealing method for the sealing of a metal sleeve to an inorganic membrane, sealed inorganic membrane, and use of a sealed inorganic membrane
AssigneeTechnische Universiteit Eindhoven
InventorsArash RAHIMALIMAMAGHANI, Erik VAN HERK, Fausto GALLUCCI
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Abstract
In a first aspect, the invention relates to a sealing method for the sealing of a metal sleeve to an inorganic membrane, said method comprising the steps of providing a metallic sleeve to cover at least part of the inorganic membrane, and applying graphite tape onto at least part of the inorganic membrane to create a graphite sleeve in between the inorganic membrane and the metallic sleeve. The present invention further relates to a sealed inorganic membrane, and to the use of a sealed inorganic membrane for a gas separation process in a membrane reactor or as a membrane reactor.
Claims15
1-15. (canceled)
A sealing method for the sealing of a metal sleeve to an inorganic membrane, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a metallic sleeve configured to cover at least part of the inorganic membrane;
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- applying graphite tape onto at least part of the inorganic membrane to create a graphite sleeve in between the inorganic membrane and the metallic sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.