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Transport Principles - Porous Membranes

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Synthetic Membranes: Science, Engineering and Applications

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 181))

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This chapter begins with a summary of general expressions derived from linear, non-equilibrium thermodynamic theory for one-dimensional transport across membranes. These expressions provide a framework for many of the transport analyses presented throughout the book, for example, those of the solution-diffusion type. Transport in homogeneous membranes is discussed briefly as the limiting case for pure diffusion. The remainder of the chapter reviews the hydrodynamic approach to modeling combined diffusive and convective transport in porous membranes. The model for uniform diameter, cylindrical pores is examined in enough detail to indicate the origin of predictions for the global thermodynamic transport coefficients in the limit of very dilute solutions of neutral spherical solutes. Extension to less dilute solutions, non-spherical, flexible and charged solutes is summarized.

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Bungay, P.M. (1986). Transport Principles - Porous Membranes. In: Bungay, P.M., Lonsdale, H.K., de Pinho, M.N. (eds) Synthetic Membranes: Science, Engineering and Applications. NATO ASI Series, vol 181. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4712-2_4

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