A composite hollow fiber membrane-based pervaporation process for separation of VOCs from aqueous surfactant solutions

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 187-209

  Abou Nemeh, I ^a   Das, A ^a   Saraf, A ^a   Sirkar, K K ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber membranes; Pervaporation; Plasma polymerized membranes; Surfactants; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; PERVAPORATION; PLASMA POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; SEPARATION; SILICONES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WETTING;

COMPOSITE HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

LIQUID MEMBRANES;

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; SURFACTANT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

MEMBRANE; PERVAPORATION; SURFACTANT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PERVAPORATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032959914     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(99)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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