Water transport in liquid and vapour equilibrated Nafion™ membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 338, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 135-144

  Romero, Tatiana ^a   Mérida, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity gradient; Dehydration; Interfacial sorption desorption; Nafion; Water diffusion

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY GRADIENT; DIFFUSION RATE; DIFFUSIVITIES; DRY GAS; EXCHANGE MODELS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INTERFACIAL SORPTION/DESORPTION; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MEMBRANE INTERFACE; MEMBRANE SURFACE; NAFION; NAFION MEMBRANE; NONISOTHERMAL; PRECISE CONTROL; SERIES RESISTANCES; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VAPOUR EQUILIBRIUM; WATER DIFFUSION; WATER SORPTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CELL MEMBRANES; DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUIDS; MEMBRANES; SORPTION; VAPORIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

PHASE INTERFACES;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL MODEL; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; VAPORIZATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 67649258964     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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