A novel model based on cluster formation for pervaporation separation of polar components from aqueous solutions

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-21

  Nasiri, Hadi ^a   Aroujalian, Abdolreza ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clustering; Ethanol water mixtures; Modeling; Pervaporation; Polydimethylsiloxane membrane

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; AVERAGE SIZE; CLUSTER FORMATIONS; CLUSTERING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; ETHANOL WATER MIXTURES; ETHANOL-WATER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FEED FLOW RATE; FEED TEMPERATURE; MATRIX; MD SIMULATION; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; MEMBRANE THICKNESS; MODEL-BASED; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PERVAPORATION SEPARATION; POLAR COMPONENTS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE MEMBRANE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; SEPARATION OF ETHANOL; SIMULATION RESULT; SOLUTION-DIFFUSION MODEL; WATER-WATER;

AGGLOMERATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; MEMBRANES; MICROCHANNELS; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PERVAPORATION; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SILICONES;

ETHANOL;

EID: 77649270874     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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