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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2024
Dirk Volmering, Aachen, DE;
Klaus Vossenkaul, Aachen, DE;
Dirk Volmering, Aachen, DE;
Klaus Vossenkaul, Aachen, DE;
MEMBION GMBH Schwerzfelder, Roetgen, DE;
Abstract
A membrane filter for submerged operation for filtering a liquid, the membrane filter including membrane units and a gas distribution system for distributing a gas to the membrane units and flushing the membrane units, wherein each of the membrane units includes a respective gas inlet opening and at least one membrane element, the at least one membrane element including membranes for filtering a liquid permeate from the liquid, a permeate collection cavity connected to permeate sides of the membranes, and a permeate outlet configured to drain the permeate from the permeate collection cavity, the gas distribution system including exactly one gas outlet for each of the membrane units, the exactly one gas outlet configured to exhaust the gas from the gas distribution system into a respective gas inlet opening of each of the membrane units.