MODULAR TRANSFER DEVICE FOR THE TRANSFER OF MATERIAL AND/OR HEAT FROM ONE MEDIUM STREAM TO ANOTHER MEDIUM STREAM, AND MODULE THEREFOR

摘要

Device for the transfer of material and/or heat from one medium stream to another medium stream, which device is assembled from interconnected modules, each module having a number of hollow membrane fibres or tubes, which fibres or tubes are designed to be flowed through by a first medium, while a second medium can flow outside said fibres or tubes, and the ends of said fibres or tubes project in a sealed manner through module walls lying essentially opposite each other and open into chambers with an orifice for the supply and discharge of the medium, the supply orifice and the discharge orifice of adjacent modules being in register and being connected to each other in a fluid-tight manner, and the chambers forming part of a module housing, preferably point-symmetrical relative to the direction of flow of the second medium and being a square, polygonal or circular shape, which housing is open at the front and rear side, for the formation of a throughflow channel for the second medium flowing outside the fibres.