Pushing membrane stability boundaries with HybSi® pervaporation membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 124-131

  van Veen, Henk M ^a   Rietkerk, Marielle D A ^a   Shanahan, Donough P ^a   van Tuel, Marc M A ^a   Kreiter, Robert ^a   Castricum, Hessel L ^b,c   ten Elshof, Johan E ^b   Vente, Jaap F ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dehydration; HybSi ; Hydrothermal stability; Organic inorganic hybrid; Pervaporation; Stability

Indexed keywords

APROTIC SOLVENTS; COMMERCIAL POLYMERS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; HIGH FLUX; HIGH STABILITY; HYBRID SILICA; HYDROTHERMAL STABILITIES; INDUSTRIAL DEMANDS; MEMBRANE STABILITY; N-BUTANOL; N-METHYL-2-PYRROLIDONE; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID; PERVAPORATION MEMBRANES; PH VALUE; ZEOLITE MEMBRANE;

CHEMICAL STABILITY; DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; EVAPORATION; IONIC LIQUIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PERVAPORATION; SILICA; SOLVENTS; STABILITY;

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY;

BUTANOL; NITRIC ACID; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYMER; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRY; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE STABILITY; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; PERVAPORATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 80051471959     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.06.040     Document Type: Article

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