Theoretical estimation of shell-side mass transfer coefficient in randomly packed hollow fiber modules with polydisperse hollow fiber outer radii

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 95-101

  Ding, Weiping ^a   Gao, Dayong ^a,b,c   Wang, Zhen ^c   He, Liqun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Hollow fiber; Mass transfer coefficient; Packing density; Polydispersity; Random distribution

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

GAUSSIAN FUNCTION; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION;

MASS TRANSFER;

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENSITY; FLOW KINETICS; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BULK DENSITY; HOLLOW SYNTHETIC FIBERS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33748800973     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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