In-situ monitoring of asymmetric poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) membrane formation via a phase inversion process by an ultrasonic through-transmission technique

Desalination

Volumn 283, Issue , 2011, Pages 25-30

  Cai, Ying ^a   Li, Jianxin ^a,b   Guo, Yugao ^a   Cui, Zhenyu ^a   Zhang, Yuzhong ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Immersion precipitation; Microporous membrane; Phase inversion rate; Poly(ethylene co vinyl alcohol) (EVAL); Ultrasonic through transmission technique

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

IMMERSION PRECIPITATION; MICRO POROUS MEMBRANES; PHASE INVERSION; POLY(ETHYLENE-CO-VINYL ALCOHOL); THROUGH TRANSMISSION;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ASYMMETRY; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEMBRANE; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLVENT; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84882613859     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.02.050     Document Type: Article

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