Study on structure and vacuum membrane distillation performance of pvdf membranes: II. influence of molecular weight

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 276, Issue , 2015, Pages 174-184

  Chen, Zuolong ^a   Rana, Dipak ^a   Matsuura, Takeshi ^a   Meng, Derek ^a   Lan, Christopher Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Membrane characterization; Poly(vinylidene fluoride) materials; Polymer solution characterization; Vacuum membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DISTILLATION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

GAS PERMEATION TESTS; MEMBRANE CHARACTERIZATION; PHASE INVERSION PROCESS; POLY (VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE)(PVDF); POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); SOLUTION CHARACTERIZATION; THERMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY; VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84928732162     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.04.030     Document Type: Article

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