Water permeability and water/salt selectivity tradeoff in polymers for desalination

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 369, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 130-138

  Geise, Geoffrey M ^a   Park, Ho Bum ^b   Sagle, Alyson C ^a   Freeman, Benny D ^a   McGrath, James E ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Reverse osmosis; Solution diffusion theory; Water permeability; Water salt selectivity

Indexed keywords

DATA POINTS; DESALINATION MEMBRANES; DIFFUSIVITIES; DOMINANT FACTOR; GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANE; LOG-LOG PLOTS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MEMBRANE THICKNESS; POLYMER MEMBRANE; SALT CONCENTRATION; SALT REJECTIONS; SALT TRANSPORT; SAMPLE SIZES; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SOLUTION-DIFFUSION MODEL; SOLUTION-DIFFUSION THEORY; TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; UPPER BOUND; WATER DIFFUSIVITY; WATER FLUX; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER SOLUBILITIES; WATER/SALT SELECTIVITY; SOLUTION-DIFFUSION; WATER AND SALT TRANSPORTS; WATER/SALT SELECTIVITIES;

DESALINATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; NANOFILTRATION; POLYMERS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUBILITY; WATER FILTRATION;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; CELLULOSE ACETATE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HYDRAZIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL; POLYAMIDE; POLYIMIDE; POLYMER; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFONE DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; DESALINATION; DIFFUSION; GAS; NANOFILTRATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLUBILITY; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SAMPLE SIZE; THICKNESS;

EID: 79251637224     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.11.054     Document Type: Article

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