| CPC B01D 65/003 (2013.01) [B01D 63/101 (2022.08); B01D 63/103 (2013.01); B01D 2313/041 (2022.08); B01D 2313/042 (2022.08); B01D 2323/42 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |

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1. A spiral wound membrane module, comprising, in an unwound condition, a perforated core having an axially extending internal bore; at least one membrane packet comprising a folded membrane sheet defining a first outer face, a first inner face, a second outer face and a second inner face, the fold of said folded membrane sheet being a leading edge of said membrane packet, and a feed sheet positioned between said first and second inner faces so as to be sandwiched by the folded membrane sheet, said folded membrane sheet comprising a predefined, compressible wedge-shaped fluid impermeable support coupled to said leading edge of said membrane packet; a first permeate screen adjacent said first outer face of said membrane sheet defining a first permeate channel; a second permeate screen adjacent said second outer face of said membrane sheet defining a second permeate channel.
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