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Title: Organic fluid permeation through fluoropolymer membranes

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1193398

Separation of the components of liquid mixtures is achieved by contacting a liquid mixture with a nonporous membrane having a fluoropolymer selectively permeable layer and imposing a pressure gradient across the membrane from feed side to permeate side. Unusually high transmembrane flux is obtained when the membrane is subjected to one or more process conditions prior to separation. These include (a) leaving some residual amount of membrane casting solvent in the membrane, and (b) contacting the membrane with a component of the mixture to be separated for a duration effective to saturate the membrane with the component.

Research Organization:
CMS Technologies Holdings, Inc., Newport, DE (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
SC0003561
Assignee:
CMS Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Newport, DE)
Patent Number(s):
9,079,138
Application Number:
13/279,904
OSTI ID:
1193398
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2011 Oct 24
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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