Influence of the porous support on diffusion in composite membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 494, Issue , 2015, Pages 78-85

  Wijmans, J G ^a   Hao, Pingjiao ^a  

^a Membrane Technology & Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Composite membrane; Membrane transport; Modeling; Porous support

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; MEMBRANES; MODELS; MOLECULES; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; ROOFS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DIFFERENT PORE SIZES; DIFFUSION RESISTANCE; HIGH PERMEABILITY; INTRINSIC RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; POROUS SUPPORT; RELATIVE REDUCTION;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; THICKNESS;

EID: 84938834238     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.07.047     Document Type: Article

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