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US 8,177,884 B2Granted
Fuel deoxygenator with porous support plate
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsWayde R. Schmidt, Haralambos Cordatos, Slade R. Culp
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Abstract
A device for use in a fluid system includes a fuel channel for receiving fuel having dissolved gas therein. A gas permeable membrane supported by a porous support, the gas permeable membrane in communication with the fuel channel. A gas-removal channel adjacent the gas permeable membrane for receiving the dissolved gas from the fuel through the gas permeable membrane and the porous support.
Claims12
A fuel deoxygenator device for use in a fuel system, comprising:
- a fuel channel for receiving fuel having a dissolved gas therein;
- a porous support manufactured of an open cell porous carbon material, said porous support defined by at least one of the following characteristics:
- a compressive strength greater than about 300 psi at 180° F., a density not to exceed about 1.6 g/cc, a uniform surface porosity having a pore diameter less than about 20μm, and an open porosity greater than about 35%;
- a gas permeable membrane supported by said porous support, said gas permeable membrane in communication with the fuel channel;
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- a gas-removal channel adjacent said gas permeable membrane for receiving the dissolved gas from the fuel through the gas permeable membrane and said porous support.
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A method of removing a gas from a liquid, comprising:
- communicating a fluid fuel that includes a dissolved gas through a fuel channel;
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- generating a gas concentration differential between the fuel channel and a gas permeation channel to draw at least a portion of the gas from the fluid at least partially through a gas permeable membrane supported on a porous support of an open cell porous carbon material and into the gas permeation channel, said porous support defined by at least one of the following characteristics:
- a compressive strength greater than about 300 psi at 180° F., a density not to exceed about 1.6 g/cc, a uniform surface porosity having a pore diameter less than about 20 μm, and an open porosity greater than about 35%.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.