Effect of heat-press conditions on electrospun membranes for desalination by direct contact membrane distillation

Desalination

Volumn 378, Issue , 2016, Pages 80-91

  Yao, Minwei ^a   Woo, Yun Chul ^a   Tijing, Leonard D ^a   Shim, Wang Geun ^a   Choi, June Seok ^b   Kim, Seung Hyun ^c   Shon, Ho Kyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

^c Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Desalination; Direct contact membrane distillation; Electrospinning; Heat press; Post treatment

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ELECTROSPINNING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; PORE SIZE;

DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; ELECTROSPUN MEMBRANES; GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES; HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; POST TREATMENT;

PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ELECTROKINESIS; HEATING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; POROSITY;

EID: 84944044927     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.09.025     Document Type: Article

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