Simulation of binary gas separation with asymmetric hollow fibre membranes and case studies of air separation

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1253-1268

  Kundu, Prodip K ^a   Chakma, Amit ^a   Feng, Xianshe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air separation; Hollow fibre; Initial value problem; Membrane; Modelling

Indexed keywords

AIR BLENDING; AIR SEPARATION; BDF METHODS; BINARY GAS; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; HOLLOW FIBRE; HOLLOW-FIBRE MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE SYSTEM; MODEL EQUATIONS; MODEL PREDICTION; MODULE CONFIGURATIONS; NUMBER OF COMPONENTS; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; PERMEATE PRESSURES; RETENTATE; SEPARATION CHARACTERISTICS; SINGLE STAGE; SOLUTION STABILITY; SOLUTION TECHNIQUES;

BLENDING; FIBERS; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RECYCLING; SEPARATION;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84865863194     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20631     Document Type: Article

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