Development of practically available up-scaled high-silica CHA-type zeolite membranes for industrial purpose in dehydration of N-methyl pyrrolidone solution

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 409-410, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-95

  Sato, Kiminori ^a   Sugimoto, Kazunori ^a   Shimotsuma, Naoto ^a   Kikuchi, Tomohisa ^a   Kyotani, Tomohiro ^a   Kurata, Tsunehiko ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcination; Dehydration; Evolutional selection; High silica zeolite; Membrane; Pervaporation; Preferred orientation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; EVOLUTIONAL SELECTION; FEED COMPOSITIONS; FEED MIXTURE; FUNCTION OF TIME; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HIGH REPRODUCIBILITY; HIGH-SILICA ZEOLITES; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; MANUFACTURING METHODS; MASS PRODUCTION; MAXWELL-STEFAN EQUATIONS; MEMBRANE AREA; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE MODULE; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; N-METHYLPYRROLIDONE; NMP SOLUTIONS; ORGANIC STRUCTURES; PERMEATION FLUXES; PERMSELECTIVE PROPERTIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MEMBRANES; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; PURE WATER; SEPARATION FACTORS; TUBULAR MEMBRANES; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WATER DIFFUSIVITY; XRD; ZEOLITE MEMBRANE;

CALCINATION; DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; EVAPORATION; INDUSTRY; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PERVAPORATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA;

MEMBRANES;

1 METHYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; DEHYDRATION; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PERVAPORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84860571748     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.03.032     Document Type: Article

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