Polymeric nanofibrous composite membranes for energy efficient ethanol dehydration

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Yeh, Tsung Ming ^a   Yang, Liu ^b   Wang, Xiao ^b   Mahajan, Devinder ^a,c   Hsiao, Benjamin S ^b   Chu, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION; BARRIER LAYERS; CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ETHANOL DEHYDRATION; FERMENTATION PROCESS; HIGH POROSITY; INTERCONNECTED PORES; NANO-FIBROUS; NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANES; NANOFIBROUS SCAFFOLDS; PERVAPORATION MEMBRANE SYSTEMS; PERVAPORATION MEMBRANES; PRODUCTION PROCESS;

AIR QUALITY; DEHYDRATION; DISTILLATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; EVAPORATION; FERMENTATION; PERVAPORATION; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84865739737     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4739760     Document Type: Article

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