Dehumidification and humidification of air by surface-soaked liquid membrane module with triethylene glycol

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1007-1012

  Li, Jinlong ^a   Ito, Akira ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dehumidification; Humidification; Liquid membrane; Triethylene glycol; Water vapor permeation

Indexed keywords

AIR; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCOLS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; LIQUID MEMBRANES; MEMBRANES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; VAPORS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR;

AIR FLOWS; AIR HUMIDITIES; DEHUMIDIFICATION; DUAL MEMBRANES; HUMIDIFICATION; MEMBRANE HUMIDIFIERS; MEMBRANE MODULES; MEMBRANE SYSTEMS; MEMBRANE THICKNESSES; MICROPOROUS MEMBRANES; ROOM AIRS; SELECTIVE ABSORPTIONS; SIMPLE MODEL CALCULATIONS; TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL; TRIETHYLENE GLYCOLS; WATER VAPOR PERMEATION;

PERMEATION;

TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL;

ABSORPTION; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; GAS PERMEABILITY; HUMIDIFIER; HUMIDITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID; MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 55549141486     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.09.034     Document Type: Article

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