Recovery of hydrocarbons from mixtures containing C3H6, C3H8 and N2 using NaX membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 305, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 332-337

  Giannakopoulos, Ioannis G ^a,b   Nikolakis, Vladimiros ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Faujasite membrane; Hydrocarbon recovery; Nitrogen; Propane; Propylene; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NITROGEN; POLYMERIZATION; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; SEPARATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; ZEOLITES;

FAUJASITE MEMBRANE; HYDROCARBON RECOVERY; POLYMERIZATION REACTOR;

HYDROCARBONS;

HYDROCARBON; POLYOLEFIN;

BINARY MIXTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN; POLYMERIZATION; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; SEPARATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; ZEOLITES;

ARTICLE; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34848840356     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2007.08.023     Document Type: Article

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