A new technique for the simultaneous, real-time measurement of membrane compaction and performance during exposure to high-pressure gas

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-228

  Reinsch, Veronika E ^a   Greenberg, Alan R ^a   Kelley, Stephen S ^b   Peterson, Rorik ^a   Bond, Leonard J ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compaction; Gas separations; Microporous and porous membranes; Ultrasonic measurement

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COMPACTION; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; PLASTIC FILMS; POROUS MATERIALS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REFLECTOMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CELLULOSE ACETATE; ULTRASONIC TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTROMETRY (TDR);

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

CELLULOSE ACETATE; POLYMER;

COMPACTION; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT; REAL TIME METHOD;

ARTICLE; GAS; MEMBRANE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034733760     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(00)00307-0     Document Type: Article

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