Predictive membrane transport model for nanofiltration processes in water treatment

AIChE Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1346-1362

  Tu, Shih Chieh ^a   Ravindran, Varadarajan ^a   Den, Walter ^a   Pirbazari, Massoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GELS; HYDROPHILICITY; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; POLARIZATION;

MEMBRANE TRANSPORT;

WATER TREATMENT;

AMIDE; AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; POLYPIPERAZINE; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; MODEL; NANOFILTRATION; TRANSPORT; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS LINKING; DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NANOFILTRATION; POLARIZATION; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; SIMULATION; SOLUTE; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0038504657     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690470612     Document Type: Article

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