Mass-production of tubular NaY zeolite membranes for industrial purpose and their application to ethanol dehydration by vapor permeation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 319, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 244-255

  Sato, Kiminori ^a   Sugimoto, Kazunori ^a   Nakane, Takashi ^a  

^a Bussan Nanotech Research Institute Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concentration polarization; Dehydration; NaY zeolite; Permeance; Vapor permeation

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; ETHANOL; GAS PERMEABILITY; PERVAPORATION;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; VAPOR PERMEATION;

ZEOLITES;

ALCOHOL; ALUMINUM OXIDE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; NAY ZEOLITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZEOLITE;

DEHYDRATION; ETHANOL; GAS PERMEABILITY; PERVAPORATION; ZEOLITES;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOW RATE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VAPOR;

EID: 44249123244     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.03.041     Document Type: Article

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