Numerical simulation of colloid dead-end filtration: Effect of membrane characteristics and operating conditions on matter accumulation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 313, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 52-59

  Bessiere, Yolaine ^a   Fletcher, David F ^b   Bacchin, Patrice ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; CFD simulation; Colloid; Fouling; Heterogeneity; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTRATION; MASS TRANSFER;

CFD SIMULATION; FILTRATION EFFICIENCY;

COLLOIDS;

AGGLOMERATION; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTRATION; MASS TRANSFER;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; DISPERSION; FOULING CONTROL; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE FILTER; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PARAMETER; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 40849092420     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2007.12.064     Document Type: Article

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