Effect of temperature-dependent microstructure evolution on pore wetting in PTFE membranes under membrane distillation conditions

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 429, Issue , 2013, Pages 282-294

  Saffarini, Rasha B ^a   Mansoor, Bilal ^a   Thomas, Rinku ^a   Arafat, Hassan A ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Annealing; Hydrophobicity; Liquid entry pressure; Membrane distillation; Microstructure; Pore size; PTFE

Indexed keywords

EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; FEED TEMPERATURE; GEOMETRIC CORRECTION FACTOR; GEOMETRIC FACTORS; HIGH RESOLUTION; KEY PARAMETERS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE PORE SIZE; MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; NON-ISOTHERMAL CONDITION; POLYTETRAFLUROETHYLENE; PORE WETTING; PORE-SIZE ANALYSIS; POROUS MEMBRANES; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; PTFE MEMBRANES; SECONDARY ELECTRON IMAGES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; WETTING BEHAVIOR;

ANNEALING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LAPLACE EQUATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LIQUIDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WETTING;

MEMBRANES;

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISTILLATION; ELECTRON; FIBER; GEOMETRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID ENTRY PRESSURE; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84871546862     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.11.049     Document Type: Article

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