Numerical modelling of mass transfer in slits with semi-permeable membrane walls

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 192-217

  Geraldes, Vítor ^a   Semião, Viriato ^a   Pinho, Maria Norberta ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Filtration; Hydrodynamics; Mathematical model; Membranes; Predictive techniques

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; FILTRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REJECTION COEFFICIENT; PREDICTIVE TECHNIQUES; SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 0000001050     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644400010324857     Document Type: Article

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