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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2018
Technische Universität München, Munich, DE;
Simon Hager, Augsburg, DE;
Karl Glas, Freising, DE;
Martin Meinardus, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Matthias Albert, Augsburg, DE;
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A device and a method for detecting deposits in a membrane module which produces a permeate and which comprises at least one permeable or semipermeable membrane layer. At least one polymer optical fiber for detecting deposits on the membrane layer is integrated in the membrane module such that the polymer optical fiber is in contact with at least one membrane layer. A method of detecting deposits in a membrane module producing a permeate and to a membrane module for producing a permeate from a feed stream of a fluid, in particular an aqueous solution, with the membrane module comprising a plurality of adjacently disposed or stacked sheets of a permeable or semipermeable membrane layer and with at least one polymer optical fiber being embedded or integrated in the membrane module, which polymer optical fiber is in contact with at least one sheet of the membrane layer.