Simulation of methane permeability in carbon slit pores

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 369, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 319-328

  Lim, Young Il ^a   Bhatia, Suresh K ^b  

^a Hankyong National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon slit pore; Methane (CH4); Molecular simulation; Permeability; Pore mouth resistance

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE PERMEABILITY; CARBON SLIT PORES; DIFFUSIVITIES; DOMINATING FACTORS; EQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MEMBRANE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR MODELS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; NANOPOROUS MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; PORE MOUTH RESISTANCE; SLIT PORES; SLIT-PORE MODELS;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; CARBON; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ISOTHERM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; ADSORPTION; GAS PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

EID: 79251607427     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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