Method for experimental determination of the gas transport properties of highly porous fibre membranes: A first step before predictive modelling of a membrane distillation process

Desalination

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 127-132

  Guijt, C M ^a   Meindersma, G W ^a   Reith, T ^a   De Haan, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Highly porous fibre membranes; Membrane characterisation; Membrane distillation; Permeation experiments

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; VISCOUS FLOW;

GAS PERMEATION;

FIBROUS MEMBRANES;

DISTILLATION; FIBER MEMBRANE; GAS PERMEATION;

EID: 0037056904     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-9164(02)00598-2     Document Type: Article

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