Formaldehyde removal from air during membrane air humidification evaporative cooling: Effects of contactor design and operating conditions

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 354, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 55-62

  Johnson, Drew W ^a   Yavuzturk, Cenk C ^b   Rangappa, Ajay S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Air humidification; Evaporative cooling; Formaldehyde removal; Membrane contactor

Indexed keywords

COUNTER CURRENT; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; EVAPORATIVE LOSS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FORMALDEHYDE EMISSION; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MEMBRANE CONTACTOR; OPERATING CONDITION; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; SHELL-SIDE; WATER USAGE; WATER VELOCITIES;

COOLING; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FORMALDEHYDE; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; PARALLEL FLOW;

REMOVAL;

FORMALDEHYDE; WATER;

AIR HUMIDIFICATION EVAPORATIVE COOLING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FLOW KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 77950369828     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.02.075     Document Type: Article

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