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Study Of Mass Transfer Through Porous, Water-Repellent Membranes, Virendra V. Tanna
Study Of Mass Transfer Through Porous, Water-Repellent Membranes, Virendra V. Tanna
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"A new method of desalination using a porous, water-repellent membrane was studied. The membrane utilized surface forces to support a vapor phase in its pores which separated the salt water from fresh water. The method used a vapor pressure difference across the membrane as the driving force for mass transfer of water from the salt water phase to the fresh water. This vapor pressure difference was obtained by maintaining a temperature difference between the two liquid phases.
The experimental data and results indicated the feasibility of vaporization through porous, water-repellent membranes. The flux of water through a membrane made of …