Modeling the impacts of feed spacer geometry on reverse osmosis and nanofiltration processes

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 221-231

  Guillen, Greg ^a   Hoek, Eric M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Mass transfer; Nanofiltration; Reverse osmosis; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FILAMENTS (LAMP); FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULICS; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BRACKISH WATERS; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATIONS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FRESH WATERS; HIGH SALINITIES; HYDRAULIC LOSS; LOW PRESSURES; LOW-SALINITY WATERS; MACROSCOPIC TRANSPORTS; MODEL SIMULATIONS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; NF MEMBRANES; NON CIRCULARS; OCEAN WATERS; OSMOTIC PRESSURES; PROCESS ENERGIES; RO MEMBRANES; SPACER DESIGNS; SPACER GEOMETRIES; SPIRAL WOUNDS;

WATER RECYCLING;

EID: 63149183142     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.10.030     Document Type: Article

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