Hollow fiber apparatus and use thereof for fluids separations and heat and mass transfers

Bikson, Benjamin; Etter, Stephen; Ching, Nathaniel

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Title: Hollow fiber apparatus and use thereof for fluids separations and heat and mass transfers

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A hollow fiber device includes a hollow fiber bundle, comprising a plurality of hollow fibers, a first tubesheet and a second tubesheet encapsulating respective distal ends of the hollow fiber bundle. The tubesheets have boreholes in fluid communication with bores of the hollow fibers. In at least one of the tubesheets, the boreholes are formed radially. The hollow fiber device can be utilized in heat exchange, in gas/gas, liquid/liquid and gas/liquid heat transfer, in combined heat and mass transfer and in fluid separation assemblies and processes. The design disclosed herein is light weight and compact and is particularly advantageous when the pressure of a first fluid introduced into the bores of hollow fibers is higher than the pressure on the shell side of the device.

Inventors:: Bikson, Benjamin; Etter, Stephen; Ching, Nathaniel

Issue Date:: Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014

Research Org.:: PoroGen Corporation, Woburn, MA (USA)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1134260

Patent Number(s):: 8747980

Application Number:: 13/492,714

Assignee:: PoroGen Corporation (Woburn, MA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B64 - AIRCRAFT B64D - EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
B01D1/22 - by bringing a thin layer of the liquid into contact with a heated surface {
B01D2313/10 - Specific supply elements
B01D2313/12 - Specific discharge elements
B01D2315/10 - Cross-flow filtration
B01D2325/022 - Asymmetric membranes
B01D53/22 - by diffusion
B01D53/228 - {characterised by specific membranes}
B01D63/02 - Hollow fibre modules
B01D63/021 - {Manufacturing thereof}
B01D63/022 - {Encapsulating hollow fibres}
B01D63/025 - {Bobbin units}

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B64 - AIRCRAFT B64D - EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT
B64D37/32 - Safety measures not otherwise provided for, e.g. preventing explosive conditions

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
F28D15/00 - Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls {
F28D2021/0021 - {for aircrafts or cosmonautics
F28D21/0015 - {Heat and mass exchangers, e.g. with permeable walls}
F28D7/024 - {the conduits of only one medium being helically coiled tubes, the coils having a cylindrical configuration}
F28D7/1669 - {the conduit assemblies having an annular shape

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28F - DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
F28F1/00 - Tubular elements
F28F21/062 - {the heat-exchange apparatus employing tubular conduits}
F28F9/026 - {with static flow control means, e.g. with means for uniformly distributing heat exchange media into conduits}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02T - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
Y02T50/40 - Weight reduction

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
Y10T428/139 - Open-ended, self-supporting conduit, cylinder, or tube-type article
Y10T428/1393 - Multilayer [continuous layer]

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DOE Contract Number:: SC000336

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2012 Jun 08

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING

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