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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:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Salvatore Giglia, Norwood, MA (US);
Benjamin Bikson, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Praxair Technology, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
95 45 ; 21032178 ; 21032179 ; 21032187 ; 21032188 ; 96 10 ;
Abstract
The invention comprises an annular hollow fiber membrane module comprising a plurality of helically wound layers of semi-permeable hollow fibers, wherein the fiber wind angle varies across the axial length of the module in one or more layers. In a preferred embodiment, the module has at least one tubesheet region and an active region, and the wind angle in the tubesheet region of the module differs from the wind angle in the active region of the module. A method of making the module, and a separation module which includes the module described above is also disclosed.