Study on the structure and vacuum membrane distillation performance of PVDF composite membranes: I. Influence of blending

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 303-312

  Chen, Zoulong ^a   Rana, Dipak ^a   Matsuura, Takeshi ^a   Yang, Yifan ^a   Lan, Christopher Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blended membranes; Low and high molecular weights; Membrane characterization; Poly(vinylidene fluoride); Vacuum membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BLENDED MEMBRANE; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MEMBRANE CHARACTERIZATION; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84904989801     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2014.07.015     Document Type: Article

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