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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2006
James Anthony Ruud, Delmar, NY (US);
Michael John Bowman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kalya Vijaya Sarathy, Bangalore, IN;
Mohan Manoharan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Anthony Yu-chung Ku, Rexford, NY (US);
Vidya Ramaswamy, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Patrick Roland Lucien Malenfant, Clifton Park, NY (US);
James Anthony Ruud, Delmar, NY (US);
Michael John Bowman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kalya Vijaya Sarathy, Bangalore, IN;
Mohan Manoharan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Anthony Yu-Chung Ku, Rexford, NY (US);
Vidya Ramaswamy, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Patrick Roland Lucien Malenfant, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for separating at least one component from a mixture of a plurality of chemical species is provided. The apparatus comprises a membrane structure comprising a plurality of pores disposed within a matrix material to allow mass transport from a first surface of the membrane structure to a second surface of the membrane structure. The matrix material has a thermal conductivity of at least about 10 W/m/K; and a functional material disposed within at least a portion of the plurality of pores. The functional material has the property of promoting selective transport of at least one species through the membrane structure from the first surface to the second surface.