Experimental investigation of the transport mechanism of several gases during the CVD post-treatment of nanoporous membranes

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 255, Issue , 2014, Pages 377-393

  Labropoulos, A I ^a   Athanasekou, C P ^a   Kakizis, N K ^a   Sapalidis, A A ^a   Pilatos, G I ^a   Romanos, G E ^a   Kanellopoulos, N K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ceramic membranes; Chemical vapor deposition; Gas separation; Gas transport; Porous structure

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; HELIUM; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; NITROGEN; PERMEATION; PORE SIZE; SILICA; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; VAPORS;

CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GAS SEPARATIONS; GAS TRANSPORT; PERMEATION PROPERTIES; POROUS STRUCTURES; TETRA-ETHYL-ORTHO-SILICATE; WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGES;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84904039599     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.06.069     Document Type: Article

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