US 12,390,770 B2
Contactor system and method of operating contactor system
Ravi Kolakaluri, Roseville, MN (US); Vadim N. Savvateev, St. Paul, MN (US); Gareth P. Taylor, Indian Trail, NC (US); Shannon S. Le Blanc, White Bear Lake, MN (US); Dian Zheng, Woodbury, MN (US); Brinda B. Badri, Woodbury, MN (US); Paul A. Nielsen, LaGrange, GA (US); Amitava Sengupta, Charlotte, NC (US); Michael C. Flom, Apple Valley, MN (US); Timothy D. Price, Monroe, NC (US); and Catherine A. Leatherdale, Woodbury, MN (US)
Assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/923,073
Filed by 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US)
PCT Filed May 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/053748
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/245477, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/033,313, filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0338899 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B01D 53/22 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01); B01D 63/02 (2006.01); B01D 63/08 (2006.01); F24F 6/02 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 63/026 (2013.01) [B01D 53/22 (2013.01); B01D 53/268 (2013.01); B01D 63/0822 (2022.08); F24F 6/02 (2013.01); B01D 2257/80 (2013.01); B01D 2313/18 (2013.01); B01D 2313/221 (2022.08); B01D 2313/243 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A contactor system comprising:
a plurality of contactor panels, each contactor panel including:
a frame member; and
a membrane array adapted to be received within the frame member, the membrane array defining a first end portion and a second end portion;
a first manifold in selective fluid communication with the first end portion of the membrane array of each contactor panel, the first manifold being adapted to direct a first fluid towards the membrane array of each contactor panel;
a second manifold in direct fluid communication with the second end portion of the membrane array of each contactor panel, the second manifold being adapted to receive the first fluid from the membrane array of each contactor panel;
a controller configured to provide selective fluid communication between the first manifold and the first end portion of the membrane array of each contactor panel;
a tank adapted to hold the first fluid therein;
an inlet conduit adapted to provide fluid communication between the tank and the first manifold;
an outlet conduit adapted to provide fluid communication between the tank and the second manifold; and
a chilling module fluidly coupled with the tank, the chilling module including:
a coolant reservoir;
a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the coolant reservoir and the tank; and
a coolant pump fluidly disposed between the tank and the heat exchanger.