Characterization of membranes for membrane distillation by atomic force microscopy and estimation of their water vapor transfer coefficients in vacuum membrane distillation process

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 199-211

  Khayet, M ^a   Khulbe, K C ^b   Matsuura, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Mass transfer model; Membrane distillation; Polyvinylidene fluoride membranes; Pore size distribution

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DISTILLATION; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

FLAT-SHEET MEMBRANES; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION (MD); PHASE INVERSION TECHNIQUE;

LIQUID MEMBRANES;

DISTILLATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MEMBRANE; PORE SIZE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTILLATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPORT MEDIUM; VACUUM; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 2942560485     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2004.03.036     Document Type: Article

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