Application of the Maxwell-Stefan theory to the transport in ion-selective membranes used in the chloralkali electrolysis process

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 2501-2511

  Van der Stegen, J H G ^a   Van der Veen, A J ^b   Weerdenburg, H ^c   Hogendoorn, J A ^d   Versteeg, G F ^d  

^a AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Shell ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Tebodin   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chloralkali electrolysis; Mass transport; Maxwell Stefan, Membrane; Nafion

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROLYSIS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHLORALKALI ELECTROLYSIS; MAXWELL-STEFAN THEORY;

ION SELECTIVE MEMBRANES;

ELECTROLYSIS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MEMBRANE;

EID: 0033166326     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00465-5     Document Type: Article

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