Fabrication and use of hollow fiber thin film composite membranes for ethanol dehydration

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 450, Issue , 2014, Pages 124-137

  Sukitpaneenit, Panu ^a   Chung, Tai Shung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biofuel dehydration; Hollow fiber membrane; Interfacial polymerization; Macrovoid free; Pervaporation; Thin film composite

Indexed keywords

HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MACROVOID-FREE; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES; PERVAPORATION PERFORMANCE; SILICONE RUBBER COATINGS; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

BIOFUELS; DEHYDRATION; EVAPORATION; FABRICATION; FIBERS; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY; PERVAPORATION; POLYMERIZATION; SILICONES;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

ALCOHOL; MACROGOL; POLYETHERSULFONE; SILASTIC;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CONTACT ANGLE; DEHYDRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FILM; HEAT TREATMENT; HOLLOW FIBER; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFABRICATION; PERVAPORATION; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 84884542083     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.08.047     Document Type: Article

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