Spiral wound modules and spacers: Review and analysis

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 129-153

  Schwinge, J ^a   Neal, P R ^a   Wiley, D E ^a   Fletcher, D F ^b   Fane, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fouling; Spacers; Spiral wound modules; Theory

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES; FLUXES; FOULING; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

SPACER DESIGN; SPIRAL WOUND MODULES;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

FOULING; INDUSTRIAL PLANT; MODULE; SPACER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISTILLATION; EXPERIMENT; FLOW; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; INDUSTRY; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; REVIEW; SPIRAL WOUND MODULE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 7444267828     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2003.09.031     Document Type: Article

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