Patent ID: 9370734
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: B01D

Claim Text:
1. A degassing module for degassing a liquidous fluid, said degassing module comprising: a housing defining an interior chamber and a housing axis, said housing having an evacuation port opening to said chamber, and a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port each opening to said chamber for permitting flow of the fluid through said interior chamber; a cell secured to said housing and having a length extending axially along said housing axis in said interior chamber; a tubular separation membrane helically wound about said cell in a gap between an inner surface of said housing and an outer surface of said cell, said membrane defining a lumen that is in fluid communication with said evacuation port for evacuating said lumen, said membrane forming a gas-permeable, liquid-impermeable barrier between said interior chamber and said lumen; a housing strut extending from said inner surface of said housing to maintain said membrane in a spaced relationship from said inner surface of said housing, with a first spacing being defined radially between said membrane and said inner surface of said housing; and a cell strut extending from said outer surface of said cell to maintain said membrane in a spaced relationship from said outer surface of said cell, with a second spacing being defined radially between said membrane and said outer surface of said cell.