Functionalized graphene sheets embedded in chitosan nanocomposite membranes for ethanol and isopropanol dehydration via pervaporation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 37, 2014, Pages 14474-14484

  Dharupaneedi, Suhas P ^a   Anjanapura, Raghu V ^a   Han, Jeong M ^b   Aminabhavi, Tejraj M ^c  

^a POORNAPRAJNA INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^c Soniya Education Trust's College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; DEHYDRATION; DISTILLATION; ETHANOL; EVAPORATION; GRAPHENE; HYDROPHILICITY; MIXTURES; MOLECULES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PERVAPORATION;

ARRHENIUS ACTIVATION ENERGY; ETHANOL WATER MIXTURES; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; ISOPROPANOL DEHYDRATION; MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESS; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PERVAPORATIVE DEHYDRATION; POLYMER-SOLVENT INTERACTIONS;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84926343159     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie502751h     Document Type: Article

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