Claims
- 1. A membrane contractor for debubbling or degassing a liquid comprising:
a perforated core tube, a plurality of hollow fiber membranes surrounding said tube and having an end, a shell surrounding said plurality of hollow fiber membranes and said tube sheet, a lumen side being defined by an internal surface of said membrane, a shell side being defined by said perforated core tube, an external surface of said membrane, and said shell, and said membrane being a single layered, skinned, polymethylpentene hollow fiber microporous membrane, said skin being on the shell side.
- 2. The contactor of claim 1 wherein said core tube further comprises a block.
- 3. The contactor of claim 1 further comprising a second tube sheet affixing a second end of said plurality of hollow fiber membranes to said core tube.
- 4. The contactor of claim 1 wherein said core tube further comprises a diverting baffle.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a divisional application from co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/816,730 filed Mar. 22, 2001.
Divisions (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
09816730 |
Mar 2001 |
US |
Child |
10364873 |
Feb 2003 |
US |