Superhydrophobic PVDF-PTFE electrospun nanofibrous membranes for desalination by vacuum membrane distillation

Desalination

Volumn 347, Issue , 2014, Pages 175-183

  Dong, Zhe Qin ^a   Ma, Xiao hua ^a   Xu, Zhen Liang ^a   You, Wen Ting ^a   Li, Fang bing ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrospining; Membrane distillation; Nanofibrous membrane; PVDF PTFE; Superhydrophobic

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOFIBERS; VACUUM; VAPORS;

ELECTROSPINING; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANES; PVDF-PTFE; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC;

MEMBRANES;

DISTILLATION; ELECTROKINESIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMER; PRESSURE FIELD; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 84902489342     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.05.015     Document Type: Article

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