Water permeation in carbon nanotube membranes

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-37

  Mattia, Davide ^a   Lee, Kah Peng ^b   Calabrò, Francesco ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; DESALINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GAS PLANTS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MICROFILTRATION; SEAWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; YARN;

CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS; CARBON NANOTUBE MEMBRANES; CURRENT LIMITATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FILTRATION PROCESS; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; NANOTUBE MEMBRANES; SEAWATER DESALINATION PLANTS;

WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84893176773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2014.01.006     Document Type: Review

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