Mass transport in the membrane air-stripping process using microporous polypropylene hollow fibers: Effect of toluene in aqueous feed

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 207-219

  Mahmud, Hassan ^a   Kumar, Ashwani ^a   Narbaitz, Roberto M ^b   Matsuura, Takeshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Membrane air stripping; Microporous membranes; Organic separations; Partitioning; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; FIBERS; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; MASS TRANSFER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER;

AQUEOUS FEED;

TOLUENE;

CHLOROFORM; POLYPROPYLENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

FIBER MEMBRANE; MASS TRANSFER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; AIRFLOW; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HOLLOW FIBER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT;

HOLLOW FIBER; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0036842698     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(02)00320-4     Document Type: Article

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