Elimination of die swell and instability in hollow fiber spinning process of hyperbranched polyethersulfone (HPES) via novel spinneret designs and precise spinning conditions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 143-153

  Widjojo, Natalia ^a   Chung, Tai Shung ^a   Arifin, Davis Yohanes ^a   Weber, Martin ^b   Warzelhan, Volker ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Die swell; Flow stability; Hyperbranched polyethersulfone; Linear polyethersulfone; Spinneret designs; Spinning parameters

Indexed keywords

DIE SWELL; FLOW STABILITY; HYPERBRANCHED POLYETHERSULFONE; POLYETHERSULFONES; SPINNERET DESIGNS; SPINNING PARAMETERS;

DESIGN; DIES; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; POLYMER BLENDS; STABILITY;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

EID: 77956268256     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.07.048     Document Type: Article

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