Patent ID: 8333892
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: B01D,C02F,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A water treatment system that has a feed inlet for receiving feed fluid and flowing it into a feed cavity that contains multiple elongated hollow filter fibers that extend along a first direction, the system being constructed to flow filtrate through the fibers and out of the system through a filtrate outlet, and the system being constructed to flow concentrate that lies in the feed cavity around the fibers into a concentrate outlet, wherein: said system includes a housing that forms said feed cavity, said feed cavity having opposite side portions spaced perpendicular to said first direction; at least one elongated feed tube that connects to said feed inlet and that extends along said first direction and that has a plurality of holes spaced along its length; at least one elongated concentrate tube that connects to said concentrate outlet and that extends along said first direction and that has a plurality of holes spaced along its length; said feed water tube and said concentrate tube lies at said opposite side portions of said feed water cavity, and said fibers are packed against one another and lie around a majority of said feed and concentrate tubes.