Hydrophobic PVDF hollow fiber membranes with narrow pore size distribution and ultra-thin skin for the fresh water production through membrane distillation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2587-2594

  Wang, Kai Yu ^a   Chung, Tai Shung ^a   Gryta, Marek ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Desalination; Direct contact membrane distillation; Hollow fiber; PVDF

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; HOLLOW FIBER;

PORE SIZE;

CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PORE SIZE;

EID: 84959853871     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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