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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
William H Morgan, Catawissa, MO (US);
Lawrence K Bleikamp, St. Peters, MO (US);
Dilip G Kalthod, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
95 52 ; 96-8 ; 96 10 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the dehydration of gases utilizing hollow fiber membranes. The invention provides an internal sweep of the permeate side of the membranes utilizing an aperture in the tubesheet at the product end of the module thereby sweeping the permeate side of the membrane with product gas.