Experimental velocity measurements and effect of flow maldistribution on predicted permeator performances

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 259-268

  Chen, Hua ^a,b   Cao, Chun ^a   Xu, Lianlu ^a   Xiao, Tonghu ^a   Jiang, Guoliang ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective separation factor; Flow distribution; Gas separations; Membrane permeator; Permeator design

Indexed keywords

FIBROUS MEMBRANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEPARATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EFFECTIVE SEPARATION FACTOR; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; PERMEATORS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

HYDROGEN; NITROGEN;

FLOW; GAS FLOW; PERMEABILITY;

ARTICLE; GAS FLOW; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032542484     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(97)00266-4     Document Type: Article

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