摘要 |
<p>A system for separating a penetrant from a feed steam, using a drum filter [10], which includes a drum [20] with a porous drum wall [30], a tank in which the drum is mounted, a feed stream, a semipermeable membrane [50] on the outside of the drum [20], a system that reduces the pressure inside the drum [20] so that a pressure drop is established across the membrane [50], thereby causing separation of the feed stream into a first permeate stream that contains penetrants, which pass through the membrane [50] and drum wall [30], and a residue [60] that accumulates on the surface of the membrane [50], wherein the pressure drop across the membrane [50] is maintained below the bubble point of the membrane [50], so that liquid will pass through the membrane, but gas will not.</p> |