Effects of superhydrophobic SiO2 nanoparticles on the performance of PVDF flat sheet membranes for vacuum membrane distillation

Desalination

Volumn 373, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-57

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF); Sponge like layer thickness; Superhydrophobic SiO2 nanoparticles; Vacuum membrane distillation (VMD)

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PORE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IMMERSION PRECIPITATION; LAYER THICKNESS; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; SIO2 NANOPARTICLES; VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION;

MEMBRANES;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 84936976815     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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