Patent ID: 8021619
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. A separation module comprising at least one bundle comprising a plurality of sintered porous ceramic capillaries arranged in parallel and joined together by staggered ceramic film strips pressed at least partially around and connecting adjacent sintered porous ceramic capillaries, the plurality of sintered porous ceramic capillaries and said staggered ceramic film strips being wound into said at least one bundle, the said staggered ceramic film strips when wound into said at least one bundle functioning as baffle plates, each of said sintered porous ceramic capillaries in the bundle having an external diameter ranging from 0.3 mm to 10 mm and an internal diameter ranging from 0.1 mm to 8 mm, each of said sintered porous ceramic capillaries in the bundle being spaced apart from an adjacent sintered porous ceramic capillary in the bundle by a defined distance established by said staggered ceramic film strips, and an end of each of said sintered porous ceramic capillaries passing through a perforated ceramic disc at a defined distance from an end of an adjacent sintered porous ceramic capillary also passing through said perforated ceramic disc.