Pore-flow calculations based on pore size distributions in polyimide membranes determined by a nanoprobe imaging technique

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-95

  Stawikowska, Joanna ^a   Kim, Jeong F ^a   Livingston, Andrew G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Characterisation; Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN); P84 polyimide; Pore flow model; Pore size; TEM

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NANOFILTRATION; NANOPROBES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYACRYLONITRILES; POLYIMIDES; POLYSTYRENES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ASYMMETRIC MEMBRANES; CHARACTERISATION; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; ORGANIC SOLVENT NANOFILTRATION (OSN); PORE-FLOW MODEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

PORE SIZE;

EID: 84877816877     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.03.054     Document Type: Article

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