Patent ID: 6913736

Claim:
A gas separation module for separating a permeation gas from a feed gas stream, the gas separation module comprising: at least a first gas separation membrane; a housing having a core and including a first mounting member and a second mounting member; the at least first gas separation membrane being supported by the first and second mounting members and being disposed substantially within the core of the housing; the at least first gas separation membrane including an elongated porous body of metal particles compacted and bonded together and a chemisorption-dissociation-diffusion coating, the porous body being formed with an elongated void, the metal particles including a quantity of at least one of metal fibers and metal powder; the porous body having a first surface and a second surface opposite one another, one of the first surface and the second surface being defined by the void of the porous body; the at least first gas separation membrane having an interior and an exterior, the interior being defined by the void of the porous body, the exterior being opposite the interior; the porosity of the porous body increasing from the first surface to the second surface; and the gas separation membrane being structured to receive the feed gas stream against one of the first and second surfaces and to permeate a quantity of the permeation gas out of the other of the first and second surfaces.