Mass transfer device having a wound tubular diffusion membrane
Abstract
Abstract A MASS TRANSFER DEVICE IS MADE BY WINDING A HOLLOW TUBULAR CONDUIT OF SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE ABOUT A CORE TO FORM A MULTILAYER WINDING OF THE CONDUIT IN WHICH INDIVIDUAL ADJACENT WINDINGS IN THE SAME LAYER ARE GENERALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, BUT INDIVIDUAL ADJACENT WNDINGS OF THE CONDUIT IN ADJACENTS LAYERS DEFINE AN ANGLE TO EACH OTHER. THE ENDS OF THE CORE TRANSVERSE TO THE TUBULAR CONDUIT WINDINGS ARE THEN POTTED WITH A CURABLE SEALANT. AFTER CURE OF THE SEALANT, THE ENDS OF THE WOUND CORE ARE CUT TRANSVERSELY THROUGH MEDIAL PORTIONS OF THE CURED SEALANT TO SEVVER THE CONDUIT INTO A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL CONDUIT SECTIOBS, THE RESULTING SECTIONS BEING SECURED TOGETHER AT THEIR ENDS BY PORTIONS OF THE CURED SEALANT, AND HAVING THEIR HOLLOW BORES OPEN TO THE EXTERIOR. MANIFOLDS ARE THEN APPLIED TO PROVIDE ONE FLUID FLOW PATH PASSING THROUGH THE HOLLOW BORES OF THE CONDUIT PORTIONS AND ANOTHER FLUID FLOW PATH PERCOLATING BETWEEN THE EXTERIORS OF THE CONDUIT PORTIONS.
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- 👤 R Leonard
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