Predicting the performance of gas-sparged and non-gas-sparged ultrafiltration

Desalination

Volumn 191, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 376-385

  Smith, S R ^a   Field, R W ^a   Cui, Z F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1D boundary layer analysis; Flux prediction; Gas sparged ultrafiltration; Tubular and hollow fibre membrane ultrafiltration; Wall suction

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONFINED FLOW; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTABLE WATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BOUNDARY LAYER ANALYSIS; BULK FLUID PROPERTIES; FLAT PLATE ANALYSES; FLUX PREDICTION; GAS-SPARGED ULTRAFILTRATION; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE ULTRAFILTRATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL MODEL; TUBULAR MEMBRANE ULTRAFILTRATION; WALL SUCTION;

ULTRAFILTRATION;

CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONFINED FLOW; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTABLE WATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33645922761     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2005.07.030     Document Type: Article

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