A diffusion model of the pervaporation separation of ethylene glycol-water mixtures through crosslinked poly(vinyl alcohol) membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-209

  Chen, F R ^a,b   Chen, H F ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosslinked PVA; Diffusion in dense membrane; Ethylene glycol water mixtures; Pervaporation

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CROSSLINKING; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GLYCOLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PERVAPORATION; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

LEE THODOS EQUATION; VIGNE EQUATION; VRENTAS DUDA'S FREE VOLUME THEORY; WILKE CHANG EQUATIONS;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; WATER;

DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE; PERVAPORATION; SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PERVAPORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032542483     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(97)00260-3     Document Type: Article

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