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US 7,294,259 B2Granted
Membrane module for gas transfer
AssigneeZenon Technology Partnership
InventorsPierre Lucien Cote, Hidayat Husain, Ian Glenn Towe
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Abstract
A membrane module apparatus to transfer a gas to or from a liquid has a sheet having at least one gas transfer surface. The gas transfer surface is in flow communication with a header through a gas channel. The module may be used to support a biofilm on the gas transfer surface. A plurality of sheets or portions of sheets may be separated by spacers.
Claims10
A membrane module apparatus to transfer a gas to or from another gas or a liquid, the apparatus comprising:
- a) a sheet having at least one gas transfer surface,
- b) a gas channel in flow communication with the gas transfer surface;
- and
- c) a header in flow communication with the gas channel,
- wherein the sheet is a textile sheet comprising hollow fibers.
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A membrane module apparatus to transfer a gas to or from another gas or a liquid, the apparatus comprising:
- a) two headers and a plurality of generally parallel sheets extending between the two headers;
- b) each sheet having at least one gas transfer surface;
- c) a gas channel in flow communication with the at least one gas transfer surface, the headers in flow communication with the gas channel;
- and
- d) spacers between adjacent parallel sheets.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.