Preparation and benchmarking of thin film supported PTMSP-silica pervaporation membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 389, Issue , 2012, Pages 265-271

  Claes, Stan ^a,b   Vandezande, Pieter ^a   Mullens, Steven ^a   De Sitter, Kristien ^a   Peeters, Roos ^c   Van Bael, Marlies K ^b,d  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c PHL University College   (Belgium)

^d IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcohol recovery; Hydrophobic silica; Pervaporation; Poly 1 (trimethylsilyl) 1 propyne ; Thin film composite membrane

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ETHANOL; AQUEOUS MIXTURES; LAYER THICKNESS; NANOHYBRIDS; PERMEATE FLUX; PERVAPORATION MEMBRANES; PERVAPORATION SEPARATION INDEX; PERVAPORATIVE SEPARATION; PROPYNES; SEPARATION FACTORS; SILICA FILLER; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; TRIMETHYLSILYL;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ETHANOL; EVAPORATION; FILM THICKNESS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANES; MIXTURES; PERVAPORATION; SILICA; THIN FILMS;

FILM PREPARATION;

ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; POLY[1 (TRIMETHYLSILYL) 1 PROPYNE]; POLYMER; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; FILM; HYDROPHOBICITY; PERVAPORATION; PERVAPORATION SEPARATION INDEX; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; THICKNESS;

EID: 83855160751     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.10.035     Document Type: Article

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