Numerical study on permeate flux enhancement by spacers in a crossflow reverse osmosis channel

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 102-109

  Ma, Shengwei ^a   Song, Lianfa ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Concentration polarization; Numerical simulation; Permeate flux; Reverse osmosis; Spacer configurations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MEMBRANES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; PERMEATE FLUX; SPACER CONFIGURATIONS;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33748759249     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2006.07.022     Document Type: Article

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