Effects of orientation relaxation and bore fluid chemistry on morphology and performance of polyethersulfone hollow fibers for gas separation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Qin, Jian Jun ^a,b   Chung, Tai Shung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Innovation Centre   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bore fluid chemistry; Gas separation; Hollow fiber membranes; Orientation relaxation; Polyethersulfone

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SKIN;

BORE FLUID CHEMISTRY;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

POLYETHERSULFONE; WATER;

FIBER MEMBRANE; GAS PERMEATION; GAS SEPARATION; HOLLOW FIBER; PERFORMANCE; POLYETHER SULFONE;

ARTICLE; GAS DIFFUSION; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0346461586     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2003.10.014     Document Type: Article

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