Concentration polarization in a reverse osmosis/nanofiltration plate-and-frame membrane module

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 580-591

  Cavaco Morão, Ana I ^a   Brites Alves, Ana M ^a   Geraldes, Vítor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Concentration polarization; Mass transfer correlations; Nanofiltration; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GLYCEROL; KETONES; MICROCHANNELS; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOSIS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLARIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHENIUM; SCANDIUM; SOLUTIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

3D EFFECTS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS; BINARY AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CFD SIMULATIONS; CHANNEL HEIGHTS; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATIONS; CORRECTION FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FEED CHANNELS; FLOW INSTABILITIES; FRICTION FACTORS; MASS-TRANSFER CORRELATIONS; MEMBRANE MODULES; RE NUMBERS; REYNOLDS; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; TRANSFER RATES; VELOCITY FIELDS; VELOCITY VARIATIONS;

MASS TRANSFER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOW KINETICS; MASS; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NANOFILTRATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY;

EID: 55549124162     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.08.030     Document Type: Article

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