Membranes for environmentally friendly energy processes

Membranes

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 706-726

  He, Xuezhong ^a   Hägg, May Britt ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biogas upgrading; Flues gas; Hydrogen production; Membrane; Natural gas sweetening; Pressure retarded osmosis; VOC recovery

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MEMBRANES; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OSMOSIS; SEPARATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARBON MEMBRANE; ECONOMIC COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; GAS STREAMS; GAS SWEETENINGS; IMPURITIES IN; INORGANIC MEMBRANES; LIQUID SEPARATION; MEMBRANE MATERIAL; MEMBRANE PERMEANCE; MEMBRANE PROCESS; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; MEMBRANE SYSTEM; MICROPOROUS; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; OPERATING PRESSURE; OXYFUEL COMBUSTION; POST-COMBUSTION; PROCESS CONDITION; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; SCALE-UP; SEPARATION PROCESS; VOC RECOVERY;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84871629749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/membranes2040706     Document Type: Review

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