Relevance of hindrance factors and hydrodynamic pressure gradient in the modelization of the transport of neutral solutes across nanofiltration membranes

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 78-86

  Silva, V ^a   Pradanos P ^a   Palacio, L ^a   Calvo, J I ^a   Hernandez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Applied pressure; Hindrance factors; Nanofiltration; Pore wall friction; Transport model

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CAPILLARITY; CONCRETES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOFILTRATION; PORE SIZE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REFLECTION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; TRIBOLOGY;

APPLIED PRESSURE; FUNCTIONAL DATUM; HINDRANCE FACTORS; HYDRODYNAMIC PRESSURES; MODELIZATION; PERMEABILITY COEFFICIENTS; PORE LENGTHS; PORE RADIUS; PORE WALLS; PORE-WALL FRICTION; POROUS MEMBRANES; PURE WATER PERMEABILITIES; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; SMALL MOLECULES; SOLUTE PERMEABILITIES; THERMODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; TRANSPORT MODEL; TWO PARAMETERS; VOLUME FLOWS;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

EID: 63149169854     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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