Modeling multicomponent gas separation using hollow-fiber membrane contactors

AIChE Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1289-1302

  Coker, D T ^a   Freeman, B D ^b   Fleming, G K ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b AIR LIQUIDE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PURGING; SEPARATION;

HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE CONTACTORS; MULTICOMPONENT GAS SEPARATION; PERMEATE PURGING;

PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES;

FIBER MEMBRANE; GAS SEPARATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 0032100216     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690440607     Document Type: Article

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