Filtration cartridge and reactor
First Claim
1. A hollow fiber filter cartridge usable in a reactor, said filter cartridge comprising:
- a filtration mat assembly including a plurality of generally parallel elongated hollow strands and at least a first fluid permeable sheet;
a porous central distribution tube about which said filtration mat assembly is wrapped;
spaced upper and lower end caps, upper and lower end portions of said central distribution tube and said filtration mat assembly being firmly embedded in said upper and lower end caps respectively; and
means for adjusting the length of said tube responsive to movement of said end caps toward or away from each other and in amounts sufficient to preclude breaking said strands upon stretching or crushing said strands upon compression.
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Abstract
A filter cartridge is structured of a filtration mat assembly wrapped or rolled about a central distribution tube. The filtration mat includes a plurality of hollow porous fiber strands carried by a fluid permeable sheet. Once the mat has been wrapped about the porous central distribution tube, both ends of the mat and distribution tube are firmly embedded in end caps. The central distribution tube is comprised of two tube segments which are telescopingly connected. Shrinkage and contraction or swelling and elongation of the mat'"'"'s fibers cause the end caps to move toward or away from each other. This movement of the end caps is able to occur due to the ability of the telescoping central distribution tube to decrease or increase in length.
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16 Claims
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1. A hollow fiber filter cartridge usable in a reactor, said filter cartridge comprising:
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a filtration mat assembly including a plurality of generally parallel elongated hollow strands and at least a first fluid permeable sheet; a porous central distribution tube about which said filtration mat assembly is wrapped; spaced upper and lower end caps, upper and lower end portions of said central distribution tube and said filtration mat assembly being firmly embedded in said upper and lower end caps respectively; and means for adjusting the length of said tube responsive to movement of said end caps toward or away from each other and in amounts sufficient to preclude breaking said strands upon stretching or crushing said strands upon compression. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A hollow fiber filter cartridge usable in a reactor, said filter cartridge comprising:
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a filtration mat assembly including a plurality of generally parallel elongated hollow strands and at least a first fluid permeable sheet; a porous central distribution tube about which said filtration mat assembly is wrapped; spaced upper and lower end caps, upper and lower end portions of said central distribution tube and said filtration mat assembly being firmly embedded in said upper and lower end caps respectively; and means for adjusting the length of said tube responsive to movement of said end caps toward or away from each other and in amounts sufficient to preclude breaking said strands upon stretching or crushing strands upon compression. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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