Modelling of water transport in osmotic distillation using asymmetric membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-122

  Courel, Mathilde ^a,c   Dornier, Manuel ^a,b   Rios, Gilbert Marcel ^c   Reynes, Max ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b BP 5098   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Knudsen diffusion; Macroporous hydrophobic membrane; Mass transfer; Molecular diffusion

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSMOSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; KNUDSEN DIFFUSION; MACROPOROUS HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; OSMOTIC DISTILLATION (OD); TEMPERATURE POLARIZATION;

DISTILLATION;

FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SEPARATION;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0034632163     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(00)00348-3     Document Type: Article

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