Concentration polarisation and flow structure within nanofiltration spiral-wound modules with ladder-type spacers

Computers and Structures

Volumn 82, Issue 17-19, 2004, Pages 1561-1568

  Geraldes, Vítor ^a   Semiao, Viriato ^a   De Pinho, Maria Norberta ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics; Membrane permeation; Nanofiltration; Rejection coefficients; Reverse osmosis; Spacers geometry

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); NANOFILTRATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; ULTRAFILTRATION; VISCOSITY;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; MEMBRANE PERMEATION; REJECTION COEFFICIENTS; SPACERS GEOMETRY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 3042784055     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2004.03.052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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