Hollow-Fiber Gas-Membrane Process for Removal of NH3 from Solution of NH3 and CO2

AIChE Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1945-1956

  Qin, Yingjie ^a,b   Cabral, Joaquim M S ^a   Wang, Shichang ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CALCULATIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; OPTIMIZATION; SOLUTIONS;

HOLLOW FIBER MODULES; LOCAL CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA; LUMEN LAMINAR FLOW; NERNST-PLANCK DIFFUSION; RADIAL DIFFUSION MODEL; SUPPORTED GAS MEMBRANE; WALL TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

MASS TRANSFER;

MEMBRANES-FIBRE; SEPARATION-GAS/LIQUID;

EID: 0030199267     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690420715     Document Type: Article

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