High permeation flux polypropylene/ethylene vinyl acetate co-blending membranes via thermally induced phase separation for vacuum membrane distillation desalination

Desalination

Volumn 394, Issue , 2016, Pages 44-55

  Tang, Na ^a,b,c   Feng, Chunlei ^a,b   Han, Huaiyuan ^a,b   Hua, Xinxin ^a,b   Zhang, Lei ^a,b   Xiang, Jun ^a,b   Cheng, Penggao ^a,b   Du, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Xuekui ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Tianjin Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Chemistry   (China)

^c Tianjin Food Safety and Low Carbon Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Center   (China)

Author keywords

Co blending membrane; Ethylene vinyl acetate; Hydrophobic microporous membrane; Polypropylene; Vacuum membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ETHYLENE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS TRANSFER; MICROPOROSITY; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; WEAVING;

AQUEOUS NACL SOLUTIONS; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; ISOTACTIC POLY(PROPYLENE) (IPP); LONG TERM STABILITY; MICRO POROUS MEMBRANES; THERMALLY INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION; VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION;

MEMBRANES;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84966421091     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.04.024     Document Type: Article

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