Numerical simulation of mass transfer in gas-liquid hollow fiber membrane contactors for laminar flow conditions

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 708-718

  Shirazian, Saeed ^a   Moghadassi, Abdolreza ^a   Moradi, Sadegh ^a  

^a ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gas separation; Hollow fiber membrane contactor; Mass transfer; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBERS; FLOW RATE; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS ABSORPTION; GASES; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER ABSORPTION;

EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS SEPARATION; GAS-FLOW RATES; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE CONTACTOR; LAMINAR FLOW CONDITIONS; LIQUID FLOW RATES; MASS TRANSFER EQUATIONS; MEMBRANE CONTACTORS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PURE WATERS; RADIAL DIFFUSIONS; SHELL SIDES; SIMULATION RESULTS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 61849155287     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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