| ABS |
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styren |
| AC |
Activated Carbons |
| ALPO |
Aluminophosphate |
| AMDEA |
Activated Methyl Diethanolamine |
| BET |
Brunauer–Emmett–Teller |
| BRHF |
Braid Reinforced Hollow Fiber Membranes |
| CA |
Cellulose Acetate |
| CMS |
Carbon Molecular Sieves
|
| CNT |
Carbon Nanotubes |
| DEA |
Diethanolamine |
| DEF |
N,N-Diethylformamide
|
| DMAC |
Dimethylacetamide |
| DMF |
Dimethylformamide |
| FS |
Fumed Silica |
| HF |
Hollow Fibers |
| HMR |
Homogeneous braid-reinforced |
| HTR |
Heterogeneous braid-reinforced
|
| KOH |
Potassium hydroxide
|
| LBM |
Liquefied Biomethane |
| LNG |
Liquefied Natural Gas |
| MBR |
Membrane bioreactor |
| MDEA |
Methyl Diethanolamine |
| MEA |
Monoethanolamine |
| MF |
Microfiltration |
| MMM |
Mixed Matrix Membranes |
| MOF |
Metal Organic Frameworks |
| NF |
Nanofiltration |
| NMP |
N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone |
| PAN |
Polyacrylonitrile |
| PC |
Polycarbonate |
| PDMS |
Polydimethylsiloxane |
| PEBAX |
Polyether block amide |
| PEG |
Polyethylene Glycol |
| PES |
Polyethersulfone |
| PET |
Polyethylene Terephthalate |
| PI |
Polyimide |
| PMIA |
Poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) |
| PMO |
Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica |
| PSA |
Pressure Swing Adsorption |
| PSF |
Polysulfone |
| PTFE |
Polytetrafluoroethylene
|
| PTMSP |
Poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) |
| PVC |
Polyvinyl Chloride
|
| PVDF |
Polyvinylidene fluoride |
| PVP |
Polyvinylpyrrolidone |
| PZ |
Piperazine |
| RO |
Reverse Osmosis |
| RTO |
Regenerative Thermal Oxidation |
| SAPO |
Silico-Alumino-Phosphate |
| TFC |
Thin Film Composite |
| TIPS |
Thermally Induced Phase Inversion |
| UF |
Ultrafiltration |
| ZIFs |
Zeolite immidazolate frameworks |
|
Q
|
Dope solution feed rate (ml/min) |
|
|
dope solution density |
|
|
braid advancing speed |
|
Do
|
braid outer diameter |
|
T
|
Dope solution thickness |
|
A
|
pre-exponential factor, i.e., weakly dependent upon temperature |
|
V*
|
minimum free volume element size that could accommodate penetrant molecules |
|
|
overlap factor introduced in order to prevent double counting free volume |
|
Vf
|
average free volume in media that is accessible to transport of penetrants |