Self-sustained webs of polyvinylidene fluoride electrospun nanofibers at different electrospinning times: 1. Desalination by direct contact membrane distillation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 433, Issue , 2013, Pages 167-179

  Essalhi, M ^a   Khayet, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Desalination; Electrospinning; Membrane distillation; Nanofiber; Water production

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; FIBERS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANES; NANOFIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEAWATER EFFECTS; SOLUTIONS; SPINNING (FIBERS); VOID FRACTION; VOLUME FRACTION;

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; SEAWATER CONCENTRATION; WATER PRODUCTION;

ELECTROSPINNING;

NANOFIBER; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ELECTROSPINNING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; VOLUME;

EID: 84873378367     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.01.023     Document Type: Article

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