Silver salt facilitated transport membranes for olefin/paraffin separations: Carrier instability and a novel regeneration method

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 177-189

  Merkel, Timothy C ^a   Blanc, Rolande ^a   Ciobanu, Isabelle ^a   Firat, Bilgen ^a   Suwarlim, Adeline ^a   Zeid, Joumana ^a  

^a Membrane Technology & Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrier poisoning; Facilitated transport membranes; Hydrogen sulfide; Olefin paraffin separations; Silver salts

Indexed keywords

FACILITATED TRANSPORT MEMBRANES; FACILITATION EFFECTS; LABORATORY PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; OLEFIN/PARAFFIN SEPARATIONS; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; SILVER SALTS; VAPOR-PHASE TREATMENT;

ACETYLENE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LIGHTING; OLEFINS; SALTS; SEPARATION; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

ACETYLENE; ALKENE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; PARAFFIN; SILVER;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR SIZE; OXIDATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VAPOR; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 84881533040     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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