Enhanced C3H6/C3H8 separation performance in poly(vinyl acetate) membrane blended with ZIF-8 nanocrystals

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 179, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-12

  Yu, Jian ^a   Wang, Chongqing ^a   Xiang, Long ^a   Xu, Yuanze ^a   Pan, Yichang ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite membranes; Membrane materials; Membrane separations; Propylene propane separations; ZIF 8

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NANOCRYSTALS; PROPYLENE; SEPARATION;

INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MEMBRANE MATERIAL; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; POLY(VINYL ACETATE) (PVAC); PROPYLENE/PROPANE SEPARATION; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ZIF-8;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 85039947225     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2017.12.051     Document Type: Article

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