Nanofiltration process for separating Cr(III) from acid solutions: Experimental and modelling analysis

Desalination

Volumn 254, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 80-89

  Gomes, Salomé ^a   Cavaco, Sofia A ^a   Quina, Margarida J ^a   Gando Ferreira, Licínio M ^a  

^a GERSE Group on Environment   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acid separation; Modelling; Nanofiltration; Nernst Planck; Rejection

Indexed keywords

ACID SEPARATION; ACID SOLUTIONS; ACIDIC CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; COUNTERIONS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; EXCLUSION MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTENDED NERNST-PLANCK EQUATION; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE DENSITY; METAL SALT SOLUTION; NF PROCESS; PARAMETRIC SENSITIVITY; SOLUTION INTERFACE; TRIVALENT CHROMIUM;

ACIDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; PERMITTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARTITIONING; POLARIZATION; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 76749105637     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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