Numerical simulation of colloidal dispersion filtration: description of critical flux and comparison with experimental results

Desalination

Volumn 192, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 74-81

  Bacchin, Patrice ^a   Espinasse, Benjamin ^a   Bessiere, Yolaine ^a   Fletcher, David F ^b   Aimar, Pierre ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; CFD; Coagulation; Colloid; Critical flux; Fouling; Membrane; Phase transition; Simulation; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COAGULATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LATEXES; OSMOSIS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; ULTRAFILTRATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

COLLOIDAL DISPERSIONS; CRITICAL FLUX; CROSS FLOW FILTRATION;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY;

AGGLOMERATION; COAGULATION; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LATEXES; OSMOSIS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; ULTRAFILTRATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

AGGREGATION; COAGULATION; COLLOID; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOULING; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PHASE TRANSITION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 33645928745     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2005.05.028     Document Type: Article

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