Simulation of adsorption, diffusion, and permeability of water and ethanol in NaA zeolite membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 376, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 40-49

  Guo, Shenyu ^a   Yu, Congli ^a   Gu, Xuehong ^a   Jin, Wanqin ^a   Zhong, Jing ^b   Chen, Cheng lung ^c  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Diffusion; Molecular simulation; NaA zeolite; Permeability

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADSORPTION; DIFFUSION OF WATER; DIFFUSIVITIES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; GRAND CANONICAL ENSEMBLE; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; MONTE CARLO; NAA ZEOLITE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PERMEABILITY; PERMEATION FLUXES; PURE WATER; SIMULATED DATA; WATER PERMEATION; WATER/ETHANOL MIXTURES; ZEOLITE MEMBRANE;

DIFFUSION; ETHANOL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERMEATION;

ADSORPTION;

ALCOHOL; NAA ZEOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZEOLITE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 79957562260     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.03.043     Document Type: Article

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