Flowfields on feed and permeate sides of tubular molecular sieving silica (MSS) membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 229-235

  Abdel jawad, M M ^a   Gopalakrishnan, S ^a   Duke, M C ^a   Macrossan, M N ^a   Schneider, P Smith ^b   Diniz da Costa, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gas separation; Membrane flow CFD; Membranes; Molecular sieving silica

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SILICA;

GAS DIFFUSION; GAS TRANSPORT MODEL; STEFAN-MAXWELL MODEL;

MOLECULAR SIEVES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR SIEVES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SILICA;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; FLOW RATE; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34250899775     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2007.04.046     Document Type: Article

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