Mitigating the curvature effect of the spacer-filled channel in a spiral-wound membrane module

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 329, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 106-118

  Li, Yu Ling ^a   Tung, Kuo Lun ^a   Lu, Ming Yang ^a   Huang, Shih Hui ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CFD; Curved channel; Module design; Shear stress; Spiral wound module

Indexed keywords

CFD; CHARACTERISTIC ANGLES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUIDS; CURVATURE EFFECTS; CURVATURE VARIATIONS; CURVED CHANNEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP; FEED DIRECTIONS; FILAMENT DIAMETERS; FLUID FLOWS; HYDRODYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; MEMBRANE MODULES; MODULE DESIGN; MULTI LAYERS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OUTER LAYERS; PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; PERMEABLE WALLS; SERVICE TIME; SPACER-FILLED CHANNELS; SPIRAL-WOUND MODULE; TWO LAYERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FILAMENTS (LAMP); FLUID DYNAMICS; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CURVE FITTING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; SPIRAL WOUND MEMBRANE MODULE;

EID: 59849111489     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.12.026     Document Type: Article

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