Pressure, flow, and concentration profiles in open and spacer-filled membrane channels

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 7-17

  Subramani, Arun ^a   Kim, Suhan ^b   Hoek, Eric M V ^b  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration polarization; Film theory; Finite element; Modeling; Reverse osmosis; Spacers

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESALINATION; FILTRATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FILM THEORY; FINITE ELEMENTS; MODELING; SPACERS;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ELEMENT; FILLER;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESALINATION; FILTRATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESALINATION; FILM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLOW KINETICS; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; ION CURRENT; LABORATORY; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHYSICS; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; SIMULATION;

EID: 33646445029     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2005.10.021     Document Type: Article

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