Rotating membrane disk filters: Design evaluation using computational fluid dynamics

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-17

  Serra, Christophe A ^a   Wiesner, Mark R ^a   Laîné, Jean Michel ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CIRSEE   (France)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Filter design; Membrane; Rotating disk; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROTATING DISKS; TURBULENT FLOW;

BACK PRESSURE; CENTRIFUGAL FORCE; ROTATING MEMBRANE DISK FILTERS;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; DISC FILTER; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE;

EID: 0033613648     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(98)00128-4     Document Type: Article

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