Inventors:
Anping Zhang - Rexford NY, US
Azar Alizadeh - Wilton NY, US
Joleyn Eileen Balch - Schaghticoke NY, US
Rui Chen - Clifton Park NY, US
Anthony John Murray - Lebanon NJ, US
Vicki Herzl Watkins - Alplaus NY, US
Oliver Charles Boomhower - Waterford NY, US
Reed Roeder Corderman - Niskayuna NY, US
Peter Paul Gipp - Schenectady NY, US
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY
International Classification:
B01D 71/02
B01D 69/12
B01D 63/08
US Classification:
21050021, 21050022, 21050025, 210488, 210490, 205199, 205324, 4283044, 4283122, 4283126
Abstract:
A method of making a membrane assembly is provided. The method comprises forming an inorganic membrane layer disposed on a substrate, and forming a plurality of macropores in the substrate at least in part using anodization. Further, a membrane assembly is provided. The membrane assembly comprises a filtering membrane that is coupled to an anodized substrate comprising a plurality of macropores.