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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2010
Randall W. Nichols, Westlake, OH (US);
Randall W. Nichols, Westlake, OH (US);
New York Air Brake Corporation, Watertown, NY (US);
Abstract
A membrane dryer includes a shell having an inner tube and an outer tube and a bundle of hollow fibers supported in the shell. A dryer air inlet into the hollow fibers and a sweep air outlet from the inner tube are at a first end of the shell. A dryer air outlet into the hollow fibers and a sweep air inlet from the inner tube are at a second end of the shell. The inner tube has a first set of circumferential openings into the sweep air space adjacent the first end of the shell and a second set of circumferential openings into the sweep air space adjacent the first end of the shell; and a second plug is in the inner tube between the first and second set of openings.