Patent ID: 9579605
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B01D

Claim:
1. A gas separation module, comprising: (a) a plurality of tubes each having a longitudinal tube wall and a tube interior containing a ceramic tubular membrane that has an outside surface and an inner lumen, each tube wall containing at least one feed gas opening at one end and at least one residue gas opening at the other end; (b) a first tube sheet plate and a second tube sheet plate each positioned at opposite ends of the module, each tube sheet plate containing a gas distribution pipe opening and at least one of the tube sheet plates having a plurality of permeate gas openings, one permeate gas opening for each tube, the tubes being aligned with the permeate gas openings to provide gas-transferring communication between the permeate gas openings and the inner lumens; (c) a gas distribution pipe that runs the length of the module through the gas distribution pipe openings, having a pipe interior that is divided into a feed section and a residue section, and having at least one feed aperture in the feed section to provide gas-transferring communication with the feed gas openings, and at least one residue aperture in the residue section to provide gas-transferring communication with the residue gas openings; and (d) a gas-tight seal at each end of each ceramic tubular membrane for holding the membrane in gas-tight relationship against the first and second tube sheet plates.