Some observations about the application of Fick's first law for membrane separation of multicomponent mixtures

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-159

  Kamaruddin, H Denny ^a   Koros, William J ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 CH4 gas separation; Fick's first law of diffusion; Membrane transport; Pervaporation of VOCs; Solution diffusion

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DEGASSING; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PERVAPORATION; SOLUBILITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FICK'S FIRST LAW OF DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; MULTICOMPONENT MIXTURES;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANOL; PHENOL; POLYAMIDE; POLYMER; WATER;

DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE; MIXTURE; PERMEABILITY; SEPARATION;

DIFFUSION; GAS PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0342683825     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(97)00142-7     Document Type: Article

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