... CS and Pure CA hollowfibermembranesand CS/CA blend hollowfibermembranes 0.5-26.5-OH and 1-26-OH 70 Table 3.4 Mechanical test results for Pure CA hollowfibermembranesand CS/CA blend hollow ... of CS and Pure CA hollowfibermembranesand CS/CA blend hollowfibermembranes 0.5-26.5-OH and 1-26-OH 64 Figure 3.4 XRD diffractograms of CS and Pure CA hollowfibermembranesand CS/CA ... Experimental adsorption amounts of copper ions on Pure CA hollowfibermembranesand CS/CA blend hollowfibermembranes 0.5-26.5-OH and 1-26-OH 74 vii Table 3.7 Reuse of CS/CA blend hollowfiber membranes...
... PAI/CA dual-layer hollowfibermembranes 51 Table 4.2 Spinning conditions of the dual layer hollowfibermembranes 53 Table 4.3 Mean effective pore radius (rp), geometric standard deviation ... 70 Table 5.1 Spinning conditions of Torlon® PAI NF hollowfibermembranes 78 Table 5.2 XPS Analysis of the original and PEI modified NF hollowfibermembranes 87 Table ... spinning conditions of the Torlon® PAI NF hollowfibermembranes are listed in Table 2.2 Figure 2.1 Schematic diagram of a hollowfiber spinning line Table 2.2 Spinning conditions of Torlon® PAI NF hollow...
... coextrusion dual-layer hollowfiber formation • Morphology characterization on resultant dual-layer hollow fibers • Examination of gas separation performance of resultant dual-layer hollow fibers • Study ... cross section and outer morphologies of hollowfibermembranes spun from batch (A, 806 s-1; B, 3225 s-1) Figure 3-8 89 The influence of take-up speed on the performance of hollowfibermembranes ... formation, modification andperformance of single-layer asymmetric hollowfibermembranes • Design of a triple-orifice spinneret 17 Study on single-layer asymmetric hollowfibermembranes for CO2/CH4...
... flat sheet andhollowfibermembranes can be used for solvent support but hollow fibers offer better advantage as they can be packed in large numbers inside columns to give a shell and tube like ... configuration The specifications for the hollowfibermembranesand glass tube have been listed in Table 4.1 Table 4.1 Specifications of hollowfiber membrane shell and tube configuration Characteristics ... cross-section and inner surface of pristine polypropylene fibers (a, c and e); and EIHFM (b, d and f) 46 Figure 5.2 EIHFM cross-sections with (a) uniform distribution; and (b) non-uniform...
... asymmetric hollowfiber membranes, and investigate the effects of various spinning conditionsand post treatments including 27 silicone rubber coating and heat treatment on P84 hollowfibermembranes ... asymmetric hollowfiber membranes, and investigates the effects of various spinning conditionsand post treatments including silicone rubber coating and heat treatment on P84 hollowfibermembranes ... asymmetric membranes, however the research is lacking in the area of hollowfibermembranes especially as pervaporation dehydration membranes The development of novel hollowfiber pervaporation membranes...
... 43 3.2 Membrane Contactor andFiber Bundle Fabrication 43 3.2.1 Gas exchange hollowfiber membrane 43 3.2.2 Hollowfiber membrane contactor 44 3.2.3 Fiber bundle 45 ... Figure 7.6 Hollowfibermembranes after 5-day run: (a) fibers in experiment N1 before washing, (b,c) fibers in experiment N2 before washing, (d) fibers in N1 after washing with 1M NaOH, (e) fibers ... hollowfiber membrane: pristine and after 7-day operation 82 Figure 5.5 Effects of flow orientation on: (a) P putida growth and glucose biodegradation and (b) C vulgaris growth and...
... PVDF hollowfibermembranesand 5) exploring the feasibility of hybrid forward osmosis-membrane distillation (FD-MD) process with PVDF hollowfibermembranes This dissertation is organized and ... duration and temperature are investigated Almost a complete rejection of PAA-Na solute was observed by both FO and MD membranes xiii NOMENCLATURE Ao , Ai outer and inner areas of hollowfiber membranes, ... for dual-layer hollowfiber D1 68 Figure 4.5 DCMD Permeation fluxes obtained for PVDF hollow fibers 70 Figure 4.6 Temperature profile for PVDF hollowfiber D1: Tf and Tp are the...
... HCl and NaOH 57 2.1.3.4 The optimized static three-phase hollowfiber protected LPME conditions 2.1.3.5 Application to real wastewater samples 58 59 2.2 Automated dynamic three-phase hollow fiber- protected ... matrices Hollow fiber- protected LPME is an improved type of LPME, in which the extraction solvent is protected and stabilized in the hollowfiber This thesis reports on the development and application ... donor phase and a stagnant acceptor phase [56] The other is based on the hollowfiber with a stirred donor phase and a stagnant acceptor phase within the 14 lumen (channel) of the hollowfiber Taking...
... PBI/POSS-PAN/PVP hollowfibermembranes Fig 3.13 46 Effects of PVP concentration on the NF performance of dual-layer hollowfibermembranes Fig.3.14 Effects of APS concentration on FO performance of hollow fibers ... dual-layer hollowfiber FO membranes Table 2.3 Spinning conditions for the fabrication of PBI/POSS -PAN/PVP dual-layer hollowfiber PRO membranes Table 2.4 15 Co-casting conditionsand results ... i.e., pure water permeability and salt rejection, of the membranes 2.5.3 Fabrication of PBI/POSS-PAN/PVP dual-layer hollowfiber PRO membranes The dual-layer hollowfibermembranes were fabricated...
... United States and legislators and regulators have been quick to respond to the latest corporate scandals Despite the debate among the academic and business presses, political parties and government, ... compensation and firm performance in a particular industry or across industries and across the three levels of managerial discretion Definitions and Key Terms The following definitions and terms ... Prices, Standard and Poor’s Compustat database, and each firm’s annual reports CEO total cash compensation (salary plus bonus), stock option grants and exercise prices, CEO age and tenure and CEO shareholdings...
... load, and making long-term projections 44 CHAPTER ■ MEASURING AND TUNING PERFORMANCE Analysis and General Guidelines Optimal performance of the MCMS installation depends on the Web server’s and ... 40 CHAPTER ■ MEASURING AND TUNING PERFORMANCEPerformance Optimization Optimal performance is primarily based on the speed at which a page is served Testing performance, therefore, requires ... Examine page size and reduce the use CHAPTER ■ MEASURING AND TUNING PERFORMANCE 53 of graphics and placeholders to minimize latency for page turnaround Consider your site’s bandwidth requirements...
... patch cords, multifiber cable assemblies, and intrafacility fiber cable (IFC) to and from fiber splice enclosures, fiber distribution frames, andfiber optic terminal devices The FiberGuide system ... H R K Y Adapters only fiber softwall bundle fiber Maxi-Strip 12 fiber ribbon 12 fiber softwall bundle2 12 fiber Maxi-Strip Mounting Style3 A B C D E F 19" (48.26 cm) standard (19.6" [49.78 cm] ... black Includes vertical cable management trough 12 fiber capacity 24 fiber capacity 36 fiber capacity 48 fiber capacity 72 fiber capacity 96 fiber capacity Ordering Number 1.75" (4.45 cm) 3.50"...
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... efficient and comprehensive way of improving performance of search and reducing the impact of indexing on the system Both search queries and data indexing are faster with Windows Search 4.0, and indexing ... computer’s performance Check Performance with Task Manager Task Manager provides information about applications and processes that are currently running on a computer, and also provides real-time performance ... effects, you can right click your desktop and click Personalize In the Personalize appearance and sounds window, click Windows Color and Appearance and chose a theme Make sure the Enable transparency...
... 1977; and Harris and Raviv, 1990); corporate control issues (Harris and Raviv, 1988); and in particular, asymmetric information (Myers and Majluf, 1984; Myers, 1984) and taxation (DeAngelo and ... firm performance (Reese and Cool, 1978; Long and Ravenscraft, 1984; Abdel Shahid, 2003, among others) The stock market efficiency and other economic and political factors could affect a firm performance ... debt/total assets ↑↑ (2007) performanceperformance Margaritis and Leverage ↑↑ efficiency Psillaki (2010) Manawaduge, Leverage ↑↓ ROA and ↑↑ Zoysa and Tobin’s Q Chandrakumar a (2010) Source:...
... agricultural land use with farms, mainly cropping rice and fruits Some of the farms maintain small animal husbandries and fishponds Surface water, rain water and ground water are used for the drinking and ... of middle to coarse sand Methods For the appraisal of the surface water and ground water resources water sampling and analyses regarding the chemical and microbiological conditions were carried ... suspended solids and hygienically pollutants Conclusions and Outlook Regarding the ground water and the surface water quality the two study sites Hoa An and An Binh are typical for the conditions of...