Patent ID: 9186628
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B01D,B64D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a housing structure; a potted bundle within said housing structure, said potted bundle including a fiber bundle of hollow fiber membranes and a tubesheet at one end of the fiber bundle; an inlet element affixed to, and for fluid communication into, said housing structure, said inlet element adjacent said one end of said fiber bundle; an outlet element affixed to, and for fluid communication out of, said housing structure, said outlet element positioned directly opposite of and radially opposite from said tubesheet; an axial support assembly positioned around said potted bundle, radially outward from said fiber bundle, radially inward from said housing structure; an o-ring positioned between said housing structure and said tubesheet, wherein the tubesheet includes a support coupling groove, wherein a tubesheet coupling component of the axial support assembly is engaged in the support coupling groove, wherein said tubesheet coupling component has a flat, collar configuration; wherein said support coupling groove and tubesheet coupling component are directly opposite of and radially opposite from an opening of said outlet element.