A numerical approach to study the impact of packing density on fluid flow distribution in hollow fiber module

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 348, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 277-286

  Günther, Jan ^a,b   Schmitz, Philippe ^a   Albasi, Claire ^b   Lafforgue, Christine ^a  

^a UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics; Filtration; Hollow fiber; Packing density

Indexed keywords

FIBER DENSITY; FILTRATION MODES; FILTRATION PERFORMANCE; FILTRATION VELOCITY; FLUID FLOW; FLUID FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FOULING DEPOSIT; HOLLOW FIBER; HOLLOW FIBER MODULE; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; MODEL-BASED; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL DATA; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPERATING MODES; PACKING DENSITY; PERMEATE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; POROUS MATERIALS; SIMULATORS;

FIBERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 72649083531     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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