Pervaporation performance enhancement through the incorporation of mesoporous silica spheres into PVA membranes

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-80

  Flynn, E J ^a   Keane, D A ^a   Tabari, P M ^a,b   Morris, M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Composite; Ethanol dehydration; Pervaporation; PVA; Silica particles

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION OF ETHANOL; ETHANOL-DEHYDRATION; MESOPOROUS SILICA PARTICLES; MESOPOROUS SILICA SPHERES; PERVAPORATION MEMBRANES; PERVAPORATION PERFORMANCE; PVA; SILICA PARTICLES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DEHYDRATION; ETHANOL; PERVAPORATION; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SILICA;

EVAPORATION;

EID: 84880554032     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2013.06.034     Document Type: Article

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