• Optimization of CO2/CH4 Separation Efficiency of Titania Incorporated PEI-PVAc Composite Membranes through Response Surface Methodology

  • Khuram Maqsood† , Asif Jamil* , Rizwan Nasir , Mustafa Alsaady , and Aymn Bin Abdulrahman

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Jeddah, 23890, Saudi Arabia
    *Department of Chemical, Polymer and Composite Materials Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology (New Campus), Lahore, 39021, Pakistan

  • 반응표면법을 이용한 티타니아가 도입된 PEI–PVAc 복합막의 CO2/CH4 분리 효율 최적화

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This Article

  • 2026; 50(1): 14-22

    Published online Jan 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.1.14
  • Received on Mar 26, 2025
  • Revised on Aug 8, 2025
  • Accepted on Sep 15, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Khuram Maqsood

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Jeddah, 23890, Saudi Arabia

  • E-mail: kmaqsood@uj.edu.sa