PDMS/PVDF composite pervaporation membrane for the separation of dimethyl carbonate from a methanol solution

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 471, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-55

  Zhou, Haoli ^a   Lv, Lei ^a   Liu, Gongping ^a   Jin, Wanqin ^a   Xing, Weihong ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Azeotropic mixture; Dimethyl carbonate (DMC); Methanol; PDMS membrane; Pervaporation

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; MEMBRANES; METHANOL; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFILTRATION; MIXTURES; PERVAPORATION; SILICONES;

AZEOTROPIC MIXTURE; DIMETHYL CARBONATE; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; PDMS MEMBRANE; PERVAPORATION MEMBRANES; PERVAPORATION PERFORMANCE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; METHANOL SOLUTION;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; METHANOL;

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIMETICONE; METHANOL; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DESORPTION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SIZE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PERVAPORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER TRANSPORT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; COMPOSITE PERVAPORATION MEMBRANE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84906497944     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.07.068     Document Type: Article

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