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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
May. 04, 2021
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Ravi Kolakaluri, Roseville, MN (US);
Vadim N. Savvateev, St. Paul, MN (US);
Gareth P. Taylor, Indian Trail, NC (US);
Shannon S. Le Blanc, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Dian Zheng, Woodbury, MN (US);
Brinda B. Badri, Woodbury, MN (US);
Paul A. Nielsen, LaGrange, GA (US);
Amitava Sengupta, Charlotte, NC (US);
Michael C. Flom, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Timothy D. Price, Monroe, NC (US);
Catherine A. Leatherdale, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A contactor system includes a plurality of contactor panels. Each contactor panel includes a frame member and a membrane array adapted to be received within the frame member. The membrane array defines a first end portion, a second end portion, and a plurality of hollow fibers. The contactor system also includes a first manifold in selective fluid communication with the first end portion of the membrane array of each contactor panel. The contactor system further includes a second manifold in direct fluid communication with the second end portion of the membrane array of each contactor panel. The contactor system includes a controller configured to provide selective fluid communication between the first manifold and the first end portion of the membrane array of each contactor panel.