Effects of surface coating process conditions on the water permeation and salt rejection properties of composite polyamide reverse osmosis membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 367, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 249-255

  Louie, Jennifer Sarah ^a   Pinnau, Ingo ^b   Reinhard, Martin ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coating; Gas permeation; Pebax; Polyamide; RO membranes; Wetting

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL; APPLICATION OF POLYMERS; AROMATIC POLYAMIDES; COATING PROCESS; FLOW RESISTANCE; FOULING RESISTANCE; GAS PERMEANCE; GAS PERMEATION; GAS TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BONDINGS; KNUDSEN DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; PEBAX; POLYMER STRUCTURE; PRE-TREATMENT; PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES; RO MEMBRANE; SALT REJECTIONS; SELECTIVE LAYERS; SURFACE COATINGS; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; WATER FLUX; WATER PERMEATION;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ETHANOL; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PERMEATION; PLASTIC COATINGS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WETTING;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

ALCOHOL; POLYAMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BOND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERIAL COATING; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 78649965837     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.10.067     Document Type: Article

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