Hollow fiber membranes : fabrication and applications /

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Imprint:Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2021.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12543670
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Other authors / contributors:Chung, Tai-shung.
Feng, Yingnan.
ISBN:9780128218914
0128218916
9780128218761
Other form:Print version: 0128218762 9780128218761
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Hollow Fiber Membranes: Fabrication and Applications
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Membrane configurations
  • 3. Preparation of polymeric membranes
  • 3.1. Membrane fabrication by phase inversion
  • 3.2. Thermodynamic aspects of phase inversion
  • 3.3. Kinetic aspects of phase inversion
  • 4. Preparation of hollow fiber membranes
  • 5. Overview of this book
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Fundamentals of nonsolvent-induced phase separation
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Phase separation and phase diagrams
  • 2.1. Phase diagrams and the Flory-Huggins theory
  • 2.2. Effect of interaction parameters on phase separation
  • 2.3. Limitation of the Flory-Huggins theory
  • 3. Mass transport during membrane formation
  • 3.1. Theoretical calculations of mass transport during membrane formation
  • 3.2. Experimental study on the mass transport associated with membrane formation
  • 4. Polymer gelation (solidification) and growth of phase-separated domains
  • 5. Competitions between different phase separation mechanisms
  • 5.1. Crystallization and liquid-liquid demixing
  • 5.2. Spinodal decomposition and nucleation and growth-Membranes with bi-continuous structure
  • 6. Criteria for instantaneous demixing and the formation of macrovoids
  • 6.1. Criteria for the occurrence of instantaneous demixing
  • 6.2. Formation mechanism of macrovoids
  • 7. Effects of various parameters on membrane morphology and separation performance
  • 7.1. Choices of polymer, solvent, and nonsolvent
  • 7.2. Effect of polymer concentration
  • 7.3. Composition of the coagulation bath
  • 7.4. Composition of the casting solution
  • 8. Additives to the casting solution
  • 8.1. Low molecular-weight additives
  • 8.1.1. Additives having interactions with polymer solvent
  • 8.1.1.1. Inorganic salts
  • 8.1.1.2. Organic acids
  • 8.1.2. Additives having interactions with polymer
  • 8.1.3. Effect of affinity between additives and nonsolvent
  • 8.2. High molecular-weight additives
  • 8.2.1. Polyvinylpyrrolidone
  • 8.2.2. Polyethylene glycol
  • 8.2.3. Copolymers
  • 9. Modification of hollow fiber fabrication by vapor-induced phase separation
  • 9.1. Controlling the morphology of membranes by the VIPS process
  • 9.2. Effect of exposure time to nonsolvent vapors-Air gap distance
  • 9.3. Effect of relative humidity
  • 9.4. The benefit of using VIPS with additives in the casting/dope solution
  • 10. Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Polymeric membrane fabrication via thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) method
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Phase diagram
  • 2.1. Liquid-liquid phase separation in the TIPS process
  • 2.2. Thermodynamics of liquid-liquid phase separation
  • 2.3. Kinetics of liquid-liquid phase separation
  • 2.4. Solid-liquid phase separation in the TIPS process
  • 3. Membrane preparation