Polyethersulfone hollow fiber gas separation membranes prepared from NMP/alcohol solvent systems

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-108

  Wang, Dongliang ^a   Li, K ^a   Teo, W K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Gas separation; Hollow fiber membrane; Nonsolvent additive; Permeability and selectivity; Polyethersulfone; Water as coagulant

Indexed keywords

1 METHYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BUTANOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HELIUM; METHANOL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PENTANOL; POLYMER; PROPANOL; SULFONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; GAS TRANSPORT; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MEMBRANES-GAS; SEPARATION;

ALCOHOLS; COAGULATION; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; POLYETHERS; SEPARATION; WATER;

POLYETHERSULFONE HOLLOW FIBER GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANES;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 0029666551     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-7388(95)00312-6     Document Type: Article

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