Method for producing a hollow fiber membrane module or a capillary membrane module
AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten
InventorsNorbert Stroh, Katja Stein-Roeder, Thomas Höfler, Uwe Herterich
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing a hollow fiber membrane module or a capillary membrane module as well as a device having such a module. In the method, hollow fibers or capillaries are placed, in an unsintered state, in a mold structured for receiving the hollow fibers or capillaries and are sintered once inside the mold. Subsequently or simultaneously, the fibers are potted in the mold. The method permits producing hollow fiber membrane modules or capillary membrane modules in a simple manner with little risk of breakage.
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A method for producing a hollow fibers membrane module or capillaries membrane module, in which the hollow fibers or the capillaries are composed of a ceramic material or a material including a ceramic content, comprising placing said hollow fibers or said capillaries in an unsintered state in a mold structured for receiving said hollow fibers or said capillaries, connecting said hollow fibers or said capillaries with said mold by potting with a potting compound, and sintering said hollow fibers or said capillaries in said mold.
A device having a hollow fibers membrane module or a capillaries membrane module provided according to one of claims 1 to 11 or 30 comprising, a housing in which said mold of said hollow fibers membrane module or said capillaries membrane module is disposed in said housing in such a manner that a feed space and a permeate space are formed, wherein said housing includes a lumen inlet, a lumen outlet, an exterior inlet and an exterior outlet, and a seal between each of said feed space and said permeate space, said lumen inlet and said lumen outlet, and said exterior inlet and said exterior outlet, each said seal being present between said mold and said housing.
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