Membrane cleaning apparatus

• Main Authors: Van Duivenbode, Jeroen, Kurilovich, Dmitry, Van der Woord, Ties Wouter, Sbrizzai, Fabio, Vles, David Ferdinand, Van der Zande, Willem Joan, Nikipelov, Andrey, Van de Kerkhof, Marcus Adrianus
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.06.2023
• Subjects: APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; CINEMATOGRAPHY; CLEANING; CLEANING IN GENERAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES; PHYSICS; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING

A membrane cleaning apparatus for removing particles from a membrane, the apparatus including a membrane support and an electric field generating mechanism. The membrane support is for supporting the membrane. The electric field generating mechanism is for generating an electric field in the vicinity of the membrane when supported by the membrane support. The electric field generating mechanism may include: one or more collector electrodes; and a mechanism for applying a voltage across a membrane supported by the membrane support and the or each of the one or more collector electrodes.