Air separation by integrally asymmetric hollow-fiber membranes

AIChE Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2142-2152

  Feng, Xianshe ^a,b   Ivory, John ^a   Rajan, Varagur S V ^a  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLARIZATION;

AIR SEPARATION; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; INTEGRALLY ASYMMETRIC HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES;

SEPARATION;

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AIR PROCESSING; FIBER MEMBRANE; GAS SEPARATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

AIR; ARTICLE; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; POROSITY; SKIN;

AIR FILTER; FILTER FABRIC; HOLLOW FIBER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE;

EID: 0033213179     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690451013     Document Type: Article

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