Evaluation of moisture diffusivities in various membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 357, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 185-191

  Min, Jingchun ^a   Hu, Teng ^a   Liu, Xiaowei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusivity; Mass transfer; Membrane; Membrane resistance; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR-GAPS; AIRFLOW CHANNELS; CELLULOSE MEMBRANES; DIFFUSIVITIES; DIFFUSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MOISTURE DIFFUSIVITY; MOISTURE PERMEATION; MOISTURE RESISTANCE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; SERIAL RESISTANCE; TEST SECTIONS; TOTAL RESISTANCE;

DIFFUSION; ETHERS; MOISTURE CONTROL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WATER TANKS; WATER VAPOR;

MEMBRANES;

CELLULOSE; POLYETHERSULFONE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER VAPOR; WETTABILITY;

EID: 77953020754     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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