A network model for the permeability of condensable vapours through mesoporous media

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-225

  Kainourgiakis, M E ^a   Stubos, A K ^b   Konstantinou, N D ^a   Kanellopoulos, N K ^a   Milisic, V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

^c Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie et de Physique de Bordeaux   (France)

Author keywords

Capillary condensation; Membrane permeability; Mesoporous membranes; Network model; Vapour transport

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW; VAPORS;

CAPILLARY CONDENSATION; CONDENSABLE VAPORS; MASS DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MESOPOROUS MEDIA; PORE CONNECTIVITY; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE FLOW; VAPOUR TRANSPORT;

MEMBRANES;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY; DIFFUSION; FLOW; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR;

MEMBRANES; MESOPOROUS; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; PERMEABILITY; VAPOUR/LIQUID SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030153027     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-7388(95)00322-3     Document Type: Article

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