Pore radius estimation based on organic solute molecular shape and effects of pressure on pore radius for a reverse osmosis membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 369, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 290-298

  Kiso, Yoshiaki ^a   Muroshige, Kentaro ^a   Oguchi, Tatsuo ^a   Hirose, Masahiko ^b   Ohara, Tomomi ^b   Shintani, Takuji ^b  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NITTO DENKO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Molecular shape; Pore radius; Pressure effect; Rejection; RO

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; DIFFUSIVITIES; MOLECULAR LENGTH; MOLECULAR SHAPES; NON-SPHERICAL; NON-SPHERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC SOLUTES; POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL; PORE RADIUS; RECTANGULAR PARALLELEPIPEDS; REJECTION; RO; SHAPE PARAMETERS; SPHERICAL MODELS; STOKES RADIUS; UNIFORM PORE; PARTITION FACTORS;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SPHERES; MEMBRANES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEPARATION;

PRESSURE EFFECTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR SIZE; NANOPORE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLUTE; STEREOSPECIFICITY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PORE RADIUS; PRESSURE; REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79251633257     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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