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Abstract

A membrane fluid separation apparatus having a vessel, a plurality of membrane cassettes in the vessel, the cassettes including a plurality of membrane units capable of performing a fluid separation at a relatively low transmembrane pressure, arranged substantially parallel to one another with the ends of the membrane units bound in a cure binder such that the interior of the membranes are open at one or both of the bound ends, a casing comprising a frame arranged about one or more of the plurality of membrane units, such that there are two fluid flow systems which do not communicate, the first fluid flow system is in contact with the outside of the membrane units and is adapted for contacting the feed fluid with the membrane units, and the second fluid flow system is in contact with the interior of the interior of the membrane units and with a permeate chamber, the apparatus also includes means for introducing and removing the fluids, vacuum creating means, and means for removing fluid not permeating through the membrane units.

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