The investigation of irregular inner skin morphology of hollow fiber membranes at high-speed spinning and the solutions to overcome it

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 282, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 383-392

  Santoso, Y E ^a   Chung, T S ^a   Wang, K Y ^a   Weber, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber spinning; Hollow fiber; Irregular morphology; Phase inversion; Polysulfone

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MORPHOLOGY; SPINNING (FIBERS);

FIBER SPINNING; IRREGULAR MORPHOLOGY; PHASE INVERSION; SKIN MORPHOLOGY;

FIBROUS MEMBRANES;

DEFORMATION; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY; SPINNING (FIBERS);

ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STRENGTH; VACUUM;

ANATOMY; DEFORMATION; HOLLOW SYNTHETIC FIBERS; SPINNING;

EID: 33748152333     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2006.05.044     Document Type: Article

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