Investigation of flow patterns and mass transfer in membrane module channels filled with flow-aligned spacers using computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 305, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 103-117

  Santos, J L C ^a   Geraldes, V ^b   Velizarov, S ^a   Crespo, J G ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Friction factor; Membrane processing; Nanofiltration; Organic solvent nanofiltration; Spacer; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; MASS TRANSFER; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SHEAR STRESS;

MEMBRANE PROCESSING; SPACER; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

FLOW PATTERNS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; FRICTION; MASS TRANSFER; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SHEAR STRESS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 34948866824     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2007.07.036     Document Type: Article

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