Mass transfer in gas-sparged ultrafiltration: Upward slug flow in tubular membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 91-102

  Ghosh, R ^a   Cui, Z F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas sparging; Mass transfer coefficient; Membrane; Modeling; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WAKES;

GAS SPARGING; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

MASS TRANSFER; SLUG FLOW; ULTRAFILTRATION;

CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TUBE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 0032764915     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(99)00126-X     Document Type: Article

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