Liquid purification or separation – Casing divided by membrane into sections having inlet – With membrane cleaning or sterlizing means
Reissue Patent
2006-09-19
2006-09-19
Kim, John (Department: 1723)
Liquid purification or separation
Casing divided by membrane into sections having inlet
With membrane cleaning or sterlizing means
C210S321800, C210S356000, C210S500230, C210S636000, C264S258000
Reissue Patent
active
RE039294
ABSTRACT:
A vertical skein of “fibers”, opposed terminal portions of which are held in headers unconfined in a modular shell, is aerated with a gas-distribution means which produces a mass of bubbles serving the function of a scrub-brash for the outer surfaces of the fibers. The membrane device is surprisingly effective with relatively little cleansing gas, the specific flux through the membranes reaching an essentially constant relatively high value because the vertical deployment of fibers allows bubbles to rise upwards along the outer surfaces of the fibers. Further, bubbles flowing along the outer surfaces of the fibers make the fibers surprisingly resistant to being fouled by build-up of deposits of inanimate particles or microorganisms in the substrate provided that the length of each fiber is only slightly greater than the direct center-to-center distance between opposed faces of the headers, preferably in the range from at least 0.1% to about 5% greater. For use in a larger reservoir, a bank of skeins is used with a gas distributor means and each skein has fibers preferably >0.5 meter long, which together provide a surface area >10 m2. The terminal end portions of fibers in each header are kept free from fiber-to-fiber contact with a novel method of potting fibers.
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Mahendran Mailvaganam
Pedersen Steven Kristian
Rodrigues Carlos Fernando F.
Bereskin & Parr
Kim John
Zenon Environmental Inc.
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