Preparation and characterization of PVDF flat-sheet membranes for direct contact membrane distillation

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 211-222

  Hou, Deyin ^a   Fan, Hua ^b   Jiang, Qinliang ^b   Wang, Jun ^a   Zhang, Xiaohui ^a,c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Beijing Vocational College of Electronic Science   (China)

Author keywords

Desalination; Flat sheet membrane; Hydrophobicity; Membrane distillation; Polyvinylidene fluoride

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONWOVEN FABRICS; PORE SIZE; SOLVENTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEAVING;

DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; FLAT SHEET MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; N , N-DIMETHYLACETAMIDE; NON-SOLVENT ADDITIVES; PERFORMANCE STABILITY; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84907972718     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: 18733794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2014.08.023     Document Type: Article

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