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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2021
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Seung-Hak Choi, Dhahran, SA;

Sebastien A. Duval, Dhahran, SA;

Milind M. Vaidya, Dhahran, SA;

Feras Hamad, Dhahran, SA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/14 (2006.01); B01D 53/22 (2006.01); B01D 53/50 (2006.01); B01D 53/78 (2006.01); B01D 53/79 (2006.01); B01D 63/04 (2006.01); B01D 69/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/229 (2013.01); B01D 53/1481 (2013.01); B01D 53/228 (2013.01); B01D 53/50 (2013.01); B01D 53/78 (2013.01); B01D 53/79 (2013.01); B01D 63/04 (2013.01); B01D 69/02 (2013.01); B01D 2053/224 (2013.01); B01D 2251/102 (2013.01); B01D 2251/606 (2013.01); B01D 2252/1035 (2013.01); B01D 2257/302 (2013.01); B01D 2258/0283 (2013.01); B01D 2311/2665 (2013.01); B01D 2319/04 (2013.01); B01D 2319/06 (2013.01); B01D 2325/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

A membrane module includes a housing. The housing includes a housing, comprising: a first plurality of porous hollow fiber membranes, and a second plurality of porous hollow fiber membranes different from the first plurality of porous hollow fiber membranes. The first plurality of porous hollow fiber membranes has a first length, and the second plurality of porous hollow fiber membranes has a second length that is at least 1.1 times greater than the first length. The membrane module can be used in separation methods, such as membrane distillation methods.


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