Electrospun polyimide nanofiber membranes for high flux and low fouling microfiltration applications

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 466, Issue , 2014, Pages 142-150

  Gautam, Amit Kumar ^a   Lai, Chuilin ^b   Fong, Hao ^b   Menkhaus, Todd J ^a  

^a South Dakota School of Mines and Technology   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Clarification; Lignin; Microfiltration; Nanofibers

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; CLARIFIERS; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FOULING; LIGNIN; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFIBERS; POLYIMIDES; REFINING;

BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; BIOREFINERIES; COMMERCIAL MEMBRANES; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; NANOFIBER MEMBRANE; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; SOLID-LIQUID;

CLARIFICATION;

ALCOHOL; LIGNIN; NANOFIBER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYIMIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL SEPARATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DRY MASS; ELECTROSPINNING; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PONDEROSA PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLID; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; YEAST CELL;

EID: 84900807845     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.04.047     Document Type: Article

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