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An apparatus and process for removing corrosive contaminants from a hydrocarbon including the steps of mixing water with a hydrocarbon contaminated with corrosive ions into a mixture and conducting the flow of the mixture tangentially relative to a surface of a plurality of microporous hydrophobic h

An apparatus and process for removing corrosive contaminants from a hydrocarbon including the steps of mixing water with a hydrocarbon contaminated with corrosive ions into a mixture and conducting the flow of the mixture tangentially relative to a surface of a plurality of microporous hydrophobic hollow fiber membranes and separating a permeate flow of decontaminated hydrocarbon from retentate mixture. An apparatus (10) is provided for this separation process which includes a mechanism for removing resistance to flow through the hollow fiber membrane (16) aiding in increased uniform tangential flow through the membrane (16).

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An apparatus for fluid separation comprising: pumping means (12) for pumping a fluid mixture from a source (14) to a separator means; tangential flow separation means in fluid communication with said pumping means (12) for separating by cross flow separation a fluid permeate from a fluid mixture ret

An apparatus for fluid separation comprising: pumping means (12) for pumping a fluid mixture from a source (14) to a separator means; tangential flow separation means in fluid communication with said pumping means (12) for separating by cross flow separation a fluid permeate from a fluid mixture retentate, said separator means (16) including a plurality of hollow fibers having an inherent resistance to uniform tangential flow throughout the length of said fibers; and resistance removing means for removing said resistance to flow through said separator means (16) including means for aiding in increasing uniform tangential flow through the entire length of said fibers of said separator means.