Effects of hydrophilic CuO nanoparticles on properties and performance of PVDF VMD membranes

Desalination

Volumn 369, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-84

  Baghbanzadeh, Mohammadali ^a   Rana, Dipak ^a   Matsuura, Takeshi ^a   Lan, Christopher Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrophilic CuO nanoparticles; Membrane properties; Mixed matrix membrane; Pure water flux; Vacuum membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DISTILLATION; HYDROPHILICITY; NANOPARTICLES; PORE SIZE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CUO NANOPARTICLES; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; PURE WATER; VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION;

MEMBRANES;

COPPER COMPOUND; DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; PORE SPACE; POROSITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84929458602     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.04.032     Document Type: Article

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