Commercial PTFE membranes for membrane distillation application: Effect of microstructure and support material

Desalination

Volumn 284, Issue , 2012, Pages 297-308

  Adnan, Sharmiza ^a   Hoang, Manh ^b   Wang, Huanting ^a   Xie, Zongli ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Membrane distillation; Membrane microstructure

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT PORE SIZES; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; HIGH POROSITY; LARGE PORE SIZE; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE POROSITY; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESS; NON-SUPPORTED; PTFE MEMBRANES; SUPPORT MATERIALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLARIZATION; PORE SIZE;

MEMBRANES;

DISTILLATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMER; POROSITY; TORTUOSITY;

EID: 83255185098     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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