A simplified method for the synthesis of gas separation membrane cascades with limited numbers of compressors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1029-1044

  Agrawal, Rakesh ^a  

^a AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas separation; Membrane cascade

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; SEPARATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MEMBRANE CASCADES;

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS);

CASCADES; COMPRESSORS; MEMBRANES; SEPARATION-GAS/GAS;

EID: 0031082006     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(96)00376-4     Document Type: Article

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