METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING THE INTEGRITY OF FILTERING MEMBRANES
    2.
    发明公开
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING THE INTEGRITY OF FILTERING MEMBRANES 有权
    方法和设备,用于测试过滤膜的完整性

    公开(公告)号:EP1194217A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-04-10

    申请号:EP00984705.4

    申请日:2000-12-06

    IPC分类号: B01D65/10 G01N15/08

    摘要: An improvement to an outside/in hollow fibre membrane filtration system includes a source of suction on the lumens of the membranes or pressure on the outside of the membranes operable without producing permeate and an air collector to collect any air that passes from the outside of the membranes to their lumens during an integrity test. A method for testing the integrety of filtering membranes involves exposing a first side of the membranes to air while a second side of the membranes remains exposed to water. A transmembrane pressure forces air through defects of concern in the membranes. Air that passes through a set of membranes is collected and its amount measured and compared to an acceptable amount of air to indicate whether there is a defect in the set of membranes. Preferably, air is collected individually from a plurality of membrane units in a filtration train and the amounts so collected compared to indicate if one of the membrane units is defective.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING THE INTEGRITY OF FILTERING MEMBRANES
    5.
    发明授权
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING THE INTEGRITY OF FILTERING MEMBRANES 有权
    方法和设备,用于测试过滤膜的完整性

    公开(公告)号:EP1194217B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-06-16

    申请号:EP00984705.4

    申请日:2000-12-06

    IPC分类号: B01D65/10 G01N15/08

    摘要: An improvement to an outside/in hollow fibre membrane filtration system includes a source of suction on the lumens of the membranes or pressure on the outside of the membranes operable without producing permeate and an air collector to collect any air that passes from the outside of the membranes to their lumens during an integrity test. A method for testing the integrety of filtering membranes involves exposing a first side of the membranes to air while a second side of the membranes remains exposed to water. A transmembrane pressure forces air through defects of concern in the membranes. Air that passes through a set of membranes is collected and its amount measured and compared to an acceptable amount of air to indicate whether there is a defect in the set of membranes. Preferably, air is collected individually from a plurality of membrane units in a filtration train and the amounts so collected compared to indicate if one of the membrane units is defective.