Spiral-wound membrane cartridge

A reverse osmosis or ultrafiltration separation device for treating a liquid feed wherein a separation assembly is wound spirally about a central permeate-carrying tube. The assembly includes an elongated semipermeable membrane envelope which includes an interior permeate passageway and feed-passage...

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Main Author HOPKINS; DAVID H
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.03.1990
Subjects
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
SEPARATION
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A reverse osmosis or ultrafiltration separation device for treating a liquid feed wherein a separation assembly is wound spirally about a central permeate-carrying tube. The assembly includes an elongated semipermeable membrane envelope which includes an interior permeate passageway and feed-passageway-providing sheet material spirally wound with said envelope to supply a liquid feed to be treated. A cylindrical housing of circular cross section having an inlet and a pair of outlets holds the spiral wound separation assembly which is tightly surrounded by a seamless, highly porous, rigid, tubular sleeve proportioned to be snugly received within the cylindrical housing. The sleeve has a predetermined thickness relative to the diameter of the housing chamber so that a desired amount of bypass flow of liquid occurs through the space generally occupied by the sleeve.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19890352999