Investigation of shear stress effect within a spinneret on flux, separation and thermomechanical properties of hollow fiber ultrafiltration membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-213

  Qin, Jian Jun ^a,b   Wang, Rong ^c   Chung, Tai Shung ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Flux; Hollow fiber membranes; Outer skin; Shear stress effect; Thermomechanical properties; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBROUS MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHERS; POLYSULFONES; SHEAR STRESS; SPINNING (FIBERS); ULTRAFILTRATION;

HOLLOW FIBER ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES; POLYETHERSULFONES;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

1 METHYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; POVIDONE;

FABRICATION; FIBER MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE; SHEAR STRESS; SPINNING (TEXTILES); ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MECHANICS; MEMBRANE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAFILTRATION; VISCOSITY;

FIBER MANUFACTURE; FILTRATION; HOLLOW FIBER; MEMBRANE; SHEAR PROPERTY; SPINNERET; SPINNING SOLUTION; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY;

EID: 0034633006     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(00)00414-2     Document Type: Article

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