Experimental investigation on a membrane distillation based micro-separator

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-434

  Adiche, Chafika ^a   Sundmacher, Kai ^a,b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aqueous mixture with high methanol concentration; Liquid vapor gas membrane contactor; Micro fluidic structure; Micro separation; Miniaturization; Process intensification; Sweep gas membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MIXTURES; MEMBRANE CONTACTOR; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; MICRO-SEPARATION; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; SWEEP GAS;

CLASSIFIERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISTILLATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; INERT GASES; LIQUIDS; METHANOL; MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; MIXTURES;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 77951122605     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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