On the fluid mechanics of spiral-wound membrane modules

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 10025-10036

  Kostoglou, M ^a   Karabelas, A J ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Centre for Research Technology Hellas   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CROSSFLOW VELOCITIES; DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FLOW CHANNELS; FLOW LENGTH; FLOW PASSAGE; INTEGRATED MODELS; LARGE SIZES; MACROSCOPIC DIMENSIONS; MEMBRANE MODULE; MODELING TASK; MODULE DESIGN; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; RETENTATE; SEPARATION PROCESS; SIMULATION ALGORITHMS; SMALL SCALE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; VARIABLE PROPERTY;

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STORM SEWERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 72349100342     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie901129j     Document Type: Article

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