Vertical skein of hollow fiber membranes and method of maintaini

Details Vertical skein of hollow fiber membranes and method of maintaini Vertical skein of hollow fiber membranes and method of maintaini

1995-08-11

1997-06-17

Spear, Frank

Liquid purification or separation

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Liquid/liquid solvent or colloidal extraction or diffusing...

210 3469, 210356, 21050023, B01D 6502

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056393733

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 large 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 m.sup.2. The terminal end portions of fibers in each header are kept free from fiber-to-fiber contact with a novel method of potting fibers.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3708071 (1973-01-01), Crowley
patent: 4647377 (1987-03-01), Miura
patent: 5248424 (1993-09-01), Cote et al.

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