Temperature effects on sieving characteristics of thin-film composite nanofiltration membranes: Pore size distributions and transport parameters

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 69-87

  Sharma, Ramesh R ^a   Agrawal, Rachana ^a   Chellam, Shankararaman ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Hindered transport; Nanofiltration; Thin film composite membranes; Transport phenomena

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; NANOFILTRATION; THIN FILMS;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

POLYMER; RUBBER; WATER; ZEOLITE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; MEMBRANE; NANOFILTRATION; PERMEABILITY; PORE SIZE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GAS TRANSPORT; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0141888200     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(03)00310-7     Document Type: Article

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