Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of preparing composite gas separation membranes from perfluoropolymers
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Application No.: US09839920Application Date: 2001-04-20
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Publication No.: US06540813B2Publication Date: 2003-04-01
- Inventor: Joyce Katz Nelson , Benjamin Bikson , James Timothy Macheras
- Applicant: Joyce Katz Nelson , Benjamin Bikson , James Timothy Macheras
- Main IPC: B01D5322
- IPC: B01D5322

Abstract:
A method for fabricating a composite membrane includes coating a substrate, such as, for example, an asymmetrical porous hollow fiber substrate, with a solution which includes a perfluorinated polymer and a perfluorinated solvent. Prior to coating, the substrate is impregnated with an impregnation fluid which is immiscible with the perfluorinated solvent. The method of the invention further includes removing the perfluorinated solvent and the impregnation fluid. A composite membrane includes a porous asymmetric hollow fiber substrate having an outer surface coated with a perfluoropolymer coating. Separation devices which include composite membranes and methods of separating a fluid mixture into a fraction enriched in a first component and a fraction depleted in that component also are described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20020038602A1 Method of preparing composite gas separation membranes from perfluoropolymers Public/Granted day:2002-04-04
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