Method for cleaning hollow tubing and fibers

Details Method for cleaning hollow tubing and fibers Method for cleaning hollow tubing and fibers

2008-05-06

2008-05-06

Stinson, Frankie L. (Department: 1746)

Cleaning and liquid contact with solids

Apparatus

With plural means for supplying or applying different fluids...

C134S102200, C134S16600C, C134S16900A

Reexamination Certificate

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11052642

ABSTRACT:
Hollow porous fibers containing adhered contaminants are cleaned to remove the contaminants by backflushing a liquid to fill the pores, and adding a flow of gas so as to form a two-phase mixture of gas and bubbles of liquid that can scrub the fibers, loosening the contaminants and allowing them to be flushed from the hollow fibers. The method is particularly useful for cleaning hemodialyzers used for dialysis and hollow fiber modules used in water treatment and separations. The two phase flow method is specifically effective in cleaning piping systems having high length to diameter (l/d) ratios.

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