Flux enhancement in reverse osmosis using centrifugal membrane separation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 257-266

  Bergen, A ^a   Fyles, T M ^a   Lycon, D S ^a   Vickers, G W ^a   Wild, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centrifuge; Concentration polarization; Coriolis force; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; POLARIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEPARATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CENTRIFUGAL MEMBRANE SEPARATION (CMS); CORIOLIS FORCE;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGE; CONDUCTANCE; CORIOLIS PHENOMENON; FLUID FLOW; FORCE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ROTATION;

EID: 0034692133     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(00)00473-7     Document Type: Article

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