Membrane-Based Absorption of VOCs from a Gas Stream

AIChE Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3267-3282

  Poddar, Tarun K ^a,b   Majumdar, Sudipto ^a   Sirkar, Kamalesh K ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Commodore Separation Technologies ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COATINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; MASS TRANSFER; MINERAL OILS; NITROGEN; POROUS MATERIALS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; SILICONE OILS;

ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; MEMBRANES-FIBRE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030293780     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690421127     Document Type: Article

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