Abstract: A gas separation membrane device comprising an internally staged permeator containing a three dimensional array of hollow fiber membranes grouped into multiple sets in intimate contact with each other is described. The incorporation of the internally staged permeator, particularly, the arrangement of the multiple sets of fiber membranes in intimate contact with each other, results in improved efficiency of the device, especially for feed streams or membrane types that lead to high permeate flow rate that result in excessive shellside pressure drops.

Abstract: Hollow fiber membrane modules are manufactured by weaving hollow fiber membranes into a web while the fibers still contain a residual amount of the organic liquids used in the extrusion of the fibers. The web once formed is then passed through a final solvent extraction stage, followed by drying and heating to fix the final form and permeation characteristics of the membranes, and finally rolling the web into a bundle which forms the interior of the module. The hollow fibers are woven as fill in the web.

Abstract: The invention is a process for obtaining membranes having improved selectivity and recovery using a combination of heat treating and UV irradiation.

Abstract: The present invention is a bore-fed hollow fiber membrane device which possesses improved shellside countercurrent flow distribution. More specifically, the hollow fiber membrane bundle has a radial Peclet number of about 30 or lower which results in improved fluid recovery and productivity.

Abstract: The invention is a semi-permeable gas separation membrane containing a non-ionic surfactant and which possesses improved resistance to thermal compaction or aging. The invention includes a process for making such membranes as well as a method of using such membranes.

Abstract: The invention is a semi-permeable gas separation membrane having disposed thereon a non-ionic surfactant. The membrane possesses improved selectivity and recovery. The invention includes a process for making such membranes as well as a method of using such membranes.

Abstract: The invention is a semi-permeable hollow fiber gas separation membrane possessing a non-external discriminating region fabricated from hydrophobic polymeric materials possessing less than about 1 weight percent equilibrium water content at about 25.degree. C. The invention includes a process for making such membranes as well as a method of using such membranes.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of treating liquid-wet polycarbonate membranes to improve gas separation properties.

Abstract: The invention is a semi-permeable membrane which comprises a polymeric matrix with two porous surfaces and a region which functions to separate one or more gases from one or more other gases.The membranes of this invention exhibit excellent separation factors and flux. Such membranes are less prone to being damaged due to handling and exposure to contaminants due to the internal region which affects the separation, as the porous surfaces function to protect such region.

Abstract: The invention is a process for the preparation of a POWADIR membrane comprising bisphenol-based polycarbonates wherein at least 25 percent by weight of the bisphenol moieties are tetrahalogenated wherein the halogen is Cl or Br, and the membrane prepared by such process.