Pervaporation of butanol/water mixtures using siloxane polymer/ceramic composite membranes

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 48, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 17-26

  Jeon, Eun Joo ^a   Kim, Albert S ^a,b   Lee, Yong Taek ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Alumina ceramic membrane; Butanol; Pervaporation; Phenyltrimethoxysilane; Polydimetylsiloxane

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870199205     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.698723     Document Type: Article

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