Gas/vapour separation using membranes: Effect of pressure drop in lumen of hollow fibres

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2641-2652

  Lim, S P ^a   Tan, Xiaoyao ^a   Li, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Gas vapour separation; Hagen Poiseuille equation; Hollow fibres; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; FLOW PATTERNS; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NITROGEN; PRESSURE DROP; SEPARATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HAGEN-POISEUILLE EQUATION; HOLLOW FIBERS; MOMENTUM BALANCE EQUATION;

FIBROUS MEMBRANES;

FIBER MEMBRANE; GAS SEPARATION; PRESSURE DROP; VAPOR;

EID: 0034616054     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00545-X     Document Type: Article

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