Observations of recirculation in the bore fluid during hollow fiber spinning

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2072-2078

  Su, Y ^a   Lipscomb, G G ^a   Balasubramanian, H ^b   Lloyd, D R ^b  

^a The University of Toledo   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber spinning; Fluid mechanics; Hollow fiber membrane

Indexed keywords

FIBER SPINNING; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; HOLLOW FIBER SPINNING PROCESS; VOLUME RATIO;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESSES; VISCOSITY;

FIBROUS MEMBRANES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESSES; VISCOSITY;

HOLLOW SYNTHETIC FIBERS; INTERFACES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; STRESSES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33744810348     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10830     Document Type: Article

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