Evaluation of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes performance in the permeation of organic solvents

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 492, Issue , 2015, Pages 478-489

  Rezzadori, Katia ^a   Marques Penha, Frederico ^a   Proner, Mariane Carolina ^a   Zin, Guilherme ^a   Cunha Petrus, José Carlos ^a   Prádanos, Pedro ^b   Palacio, Laura ^b   Hernández, Antonio ^b   Di Luccio, Marco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Membrane stability; Organic solvent; Polymeric membranes; Surface free energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949154487     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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