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US 8,518,256 B2Granted
Membrane module
AssigneeSiemens Industry, Inc.
InventorsDavid John Cox, Fufang Zha, Joachim Muller, Cinzia Lea, George Schneider
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Abstract
A membrane module includes at least one hollow fiber membrane; a first resin layer formed around an end of the at least one hollow fiber membrane; and a second resin layer chemically bound to the first resin layer, wherein the second resin layer is of greater flexibility than the first resin layer.
Claims10
A membrane module comprising:
- at least one hollow fibre membrane;
- a first resin layer formed around an end of the at least one hollow fibre membrane;
- a second resin layer chemically bound to the first resin layer, wherein the second resin layer is of greater flexibility than the first resin layer;
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- a potting sleeve constructed and arranged to receive the first and second resin layers, the potting sleeve including a first groove formed on a surface of the potting sleeve in contact with and adhered to the first resin layer and a second groove formed on a surface of the potting sleeve in contact with and adhered to the second resin layer, a portion of the first resin layer extending into the first groove and a portion of the second resin layer extending into the second groove.
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