Effect of fiber property variation on hollow fiber membrane module performance in the production of a permeate product

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 12074-12083

  Sonalkar, Santosh A ^a   Hao, Pingjiao ^a   Lipscomb, G Glenn ^a  

^a The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FEED FLOW RATE; FIBER PROPERTIES; FIBER VARIABILITY; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULES; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; IN-FIBER; INNER DIAMETERS; NITROGEN PURIFICATION; PRODUCT FLOW; RETENTATE; THEORETICAL PERFORMANCE;

AIR CLEANERS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FIBER OPTICS; MEMBRANES; OXYGEN;

FIBERS;

EID: 78649539733     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100649q     Document Type: Article

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