A model for wet-casting polymeric membranes incorporating nonequilibrium interfacial dynamics, vitrification and convection

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 354, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 74-85

  Lee, Hanyong ^a   Krantz, William B ^b   Hwang, Sun Tak ^c  

^a Samsung Engineering Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric membranes; Convection; Macrovoids; Modeling; Nonequilibrium interface; Phase inversion; Polymeric membranes; Vitrification; Wet casting

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC MEMBRANES; CASTING PROCESS; CASTING SOLUTIONS; CELLULOSE ACETATES; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DENSITY CHANGE; EQUILIBRIUM VALUE; FUNCTIONAL LAYER; INDUCED CONVECTIONS; INTERFACE CONCENTRATIONS; INTERFACIAL DYNAMICS; MACROVOIDS; METASTABLE REGION; MODELING; NEW MODEL; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NON-EQUILIBRIUM INTERFACE; NON-SOLVENTS; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; TRANSFER FLUX; WATER SYSTEM;

ACETONE; FORECASTING; MASS TRANSFER; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; VITRIFICATION;

POLYMERS;

ACETONE; CELLULOSE ACETATE; POLYMER; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; INTERFACE PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; POLYMERIC MEMBRANE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; VITRIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; WET CASTING;

EID: 77950369413     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.02.066     Document Type: Article

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