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Facilitated Gas Transport in Liquids

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The subject of carrier-mediated or “facilitated” gas transport in liquid film membranes has been an active field of research the past 15–20 years. It refers to the enhancement of gas transport attributable to reversible reaction of physically dissolved gas with non-volatile, diffusible solutes. The underlying physics are analogous to those governing gas absorption with chemical reaction. However, the two processes differ insofar as the membrane process has been primarily operated in the steady-state, and without the occurrence of irreversible reactions.

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  1. Chemical Engineering Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 02155, USA

    Jerry H. Meldon

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  1. University of Ankara, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey

    Erdoğan Alper B.Sc., Ph.D. (Cantab) (Professor of Chemical Engineering) (Professor of Chemical Engineering)

  2. Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey

    Erdoğan Alper B.Sc., Ph.D. (Cantab) (Professor of Chemical Engineering) (Professor of Chemical Engineering)

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Meldon, J.H. (1983). Facilitated Gas Transport in Liquids. In: Alper, E. (eds) Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction in Multiphase Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 72/73. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-6900-2_12

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