Shear profiles inside gas sparged submerged hollow fiber membrane modules

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 104-120

  Chan, C C V ^a   Berube P R ^a   Hall, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrochemical method; Fouling control; Gas sparging; Shear profiles; Submerged hollow fiber membrane

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; FOULING CONTROL; GAS SPARGING; SHEAR PROFILES; SUBMERGED HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE;

FIBROUS MEMBRANES;

ELECTROLYTE; POLITEF;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FIBROUS MEMBRANES; FOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOULING CONTROL; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPARGING;

BUBBLES; FOULING; HOLLOW SYNTHETIC FIBERS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 34248530756     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2007.03.032     Document Type: Article

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