Effect of porous supports on the permeance of thin film composite membranes: Part I. Track-etched polycarbonate supports

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 514, Issue , 2016, Pages 684-695

  Zhu, Lingxiang ^a   Jia, Weiguang ^a   Kattula, Moon ^a   Ponnuru, Koushik ^a   Furlani, Edward P ^a   Lin, Haiqing ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Gas permeance; The dusty gas model; Thin film composite membranes; Track etched polycarbonate

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; GASES; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; POLYCARBONATES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; THIN FILMS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; DUSTY GAS MODELS; FREE-STANDING THIN FILMS; GAS PERMEANCE; INDUSTRIAL GAS SEPARATION; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

POLYCARBONATE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION AT STEADY-STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS TRANSPORT; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

EID: 84950252635     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.11.043     Document Type: Article

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