Dry-casting: Computer simulation, sensitivity analysis, experimental and phenomenological model studies

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 354, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 178-188

  Krantz, William B ^a   Greenberg, Alan R ^b   Hellman, Diana J ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose acetate; Dry casting; Evaporative casting; Membrane formation; Membrane morphology; Modeling; Phase inversion; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE ACETATE; CELLULOSE ACETATES; DRY-CASTING; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; MODELING; PHASE INVERSION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CELLULOSE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURING; FORECASTING; FRICTION; MASS TRANSFER; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACETONE; CELLULOSE ACETATE; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DRY CASTING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERFACE PRESSURE; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACETONE; ANATOMY; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE ACETATE; CURING; FORECASTS; FRICTION; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; POLYMERS; SIMULATION; WATER;

EID: 77950369385     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.02.051     Document Type: Article

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