Separation of dimethyl carbonate/methanol/water mixtures by pervaporation using crosslinked chitosan membranes

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-140

  Won, Wooyoung ^a   Feng, Xianshe ^a   Lawless, Darren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Fielding Chemical Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chitosan membrane; Dimethyl carbonate; Methanol; Pervaporation

Indexed keywords

AZEOTROPES; CARBONATES; CROSSLINKING; MEMBRANES; METHANOL; OXIDATION; WATER;

MULTI-COMPONENT MIXTURES;

PERVAPORATION;

CHITOSAN; MEMBRANE; METHANOL; PERVAPORATION; SEPARATION;

EID: 0037403338     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5866(02)00176-4     Document Type: Article

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