The air-phase mass tranfer resistance in the lumen of a hollow fiber at low air flow

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-75

  Mahmud, Hassan ^a   Kumar, Ashwani ^a   Narbaitz, Roberto M ^b   Matsuura, Takeshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air stripping; Airflow; Hollow fiber; Mass transfer resistance; Membrane

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSFER; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYPROPYLENES; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

GRAETZ NUMBERS; MEMBRANE AIR STRIPPING (MAS);

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

AIRFLOW; MASS TRANSFER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0345134692     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(03)00111-6     Document Type: Article

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