Production of tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide using bipolar membrane electrodialysis

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 7552-7557

  Feng, Haozhe ^a   Huang, Chuanhui ^a   Xu, Tongwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRODIALYSIS;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDES; AMMONIUM HYDROXIDES; ANION EXCHANGES; BIPOLAR MEMBRANE ELECTRODIALYSISES; BIPOLAR MEMBRANES; CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; ENERGY CONSUMPTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLIEST; FEED CONCENTRATIONS; LOWER ENERGIES; PROCESS COSTS; TETRAMETHYL;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 54949103988     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800558m     Document Type: Article

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