Water vapor permeation through cellulose acetate membranes and its impact upon membrane separation performance for natural gas purification

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 487, Issue , 2015, Pages 249-255

  Chen, George Q ^a   Kanehashi, Shinji ^a   Doherty, Cara M ^b   Hill, Anita J ^b   Kentish, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Cellulose acetate; Natural gas; Plasticization; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; AIR PURIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; FREE VOLUME; GASES; MEMBRANES; NATURAL GAS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WATER VAPOR;

CELLULOSE ACETATE MEMBRANE; CELLULOSE ACETATES; DEGREES OF ACETYLATION; PLASTICIZATION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; VAPOR PARTIAL PRESSURE; WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY; WATER VAPOR PERMEATION;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

CELLULOSE ACETATE; CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; NATURAL GAS; PLASTICIZER;

ABSORPTION; ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS PURIFICATION; HUMIDITY; HYDROGEN BOND; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR; WATER VAPOR PERMEATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84928551338     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.03.074     Document Type: Article

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