Membrane contactor as degasser operated under vacuum for ammonia removal from water: A numerical simulation of mass transfer under laminar flow conditions

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1123-1131

  Mandowara, Amish ^a   Bhattacharya, Prashant K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Concentration; Mass transfer; Membrane contactor; Modeling; Simulation; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA REMOVALS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; HOLLOW FIBRES; LAMINAR CONDITIONS; LAMINAR FLOW CONDITIONS; MASS BALANCES; MEMBRANE CONTACTOR; MEMBRANE POROSITIES; MODEL EQUATIONS; MODELING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; RADIAL DIRECTIONS; REMOVAL PROCESS; REMOVAL RATES; SHELL SIDES; SIMULATION; SIMULATION RESULTS; TRANSFER SYSTEMS;

AMMONIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; MATLAB; SOLUTIONS; VACUUM;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 65049086032     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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