A hollow-fiber membrane separator with an O 2 /N 2 selectivity of 6.0 is operated with feed
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A hollow-fiber membrane separator with an O2/N2 selectivity of 6.0 is operated with feed and permeate pressures of 5.0 and 1.0 atm.
(a) What is the maximum oxygen concentration that could be obtained if only a small amount of permeate is produced?
(b) If the permeate is compressed to 5 atm and sent to a similar membrane unit, what oxygen concentration could be obtained?
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Unit Operations Of Chemical Engineering
ISBN: 9780072848236
7th Edition
Authors: Warren McCabe, Julian Smith, Peter Harriott
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