Patent ID: 9364805
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: B01D,B01F

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for providing gas bubbles in a liquid comprising, a) a housing defining a chamber and having an opening below the chamber allowing communication between the inside of the chamber and the outside of the chamber; and, b) a conduit, the conduit having a first opening inside of the chamber and a second opening in communication with the outside of the chamber, and defining a closed portion of the conduit that extends downwards to a low point of the conduit in a direction from the first opening to the second opening, wherein, c) the chamber is adapted to hold a pocket of the gas above an interface between the gas pocket and the liquid, the interface having a variable elevation ranging from at least a lower boundary of the first opening in the conduit to an upper boundary of the low point of the conduit; d) the housing is integrated with a potting head of a membrane module; e) the closed portion of the conduit extends upwards from the low point of the conduit and passes through the potting head; f) the closed portion of the conduit extends continuously from the first opening to the second opening; and, wherein the potting head is a block of hardened resin into which membranes of the membrane module are potted.