Membrane filtration system
AssigneeU.S. Filter Wastewater Group, Inc.
InventorsWarren Thomas Johnson, Peter Rogers
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for reducing volume of feed liquid required in a porous membrane filtration system having a number of porous membranes (6) submersed in a volume of feed liquid to be filtered is provided, the method comprising the step of providing filler elements (9) within said volume of feed liquid to be filtered.
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A membrane filtration system comprising a plurality of porous hollow fiber membranes arranged in bundles forming membrane modules submerged in a feed liquid to be filtered and comprising at least one filler member positioned in a void between said membrane modules, wherein said filler member is immersed in said feed liquid to be filtered so as to occupy a space that would otherwise be occupied by feed liquid, wherein the void between the modules is at least partially filled with the filler member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.