CO2/C2H6 separation using solubility selective membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 305, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 57-68

  Kelman, Scott ^a   Lin, Haiqing ^a   Sanders, Edgar S ^b   Freeman, Benny D ^a  

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

^b AIR LIQUIDE   (France)

Author keywords

Azeotrope breaking; Carbon dioxide; Ethane; Membrane; Permeability; Separation

Indexed keywords

AZEOTROPES; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHANE; GAS PERMEABILITY; SOLUBILITY;

AZEOTROPE BREAKING; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; PREPOLYMER SOLUTION; TEMPERATURES RANGE;

DISTILLATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHANE; MACROGOL; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; MONOMER; POLYMER;

AZEOTROPES; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION; ETHANE; GAS PERMEABILITY; SOLUBILITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPUTER MODEL; DETOXIFICATION; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34848817426     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2007.07.035     Document Type: Article

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