Study of the activation energy for transport of water and methanol through a Nafion membrane

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-25

  Godino, M P ^a   Barragan V M ^a   Izquierdo, M A ^a   Villaluenga, J P G ^a   Seoane, B ^a   Ruiz Bauza C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Methanol water solutions; Nafion membrane; Permeability; Transport process

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION VELOCITY; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; CONCENTRATION OF; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MASS FLUX; METHANOL-WATER; METHANOL-WATER SOLUTIONS; NAFION MEMBRANE; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PERMEABILITY; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER FLUX; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER SOLUBILITIES;

CAPILLARITY; MEMBRANES; METHANOL;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

EID: 67649479606     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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