A mass transport and hydrodynamic evaluation of membrane separation cell

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 680-688

  Kawachale, Nikhil ^a   Kirpalani, Deepak M ^a   Kumar, Ashwani ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Mass transfer; Membrane cell; PEG(polyethylene glycol); Poly(dimethylsiloxane) membrane; Poly(ethersulfone) membrane

Indexed keywords

GAS SEPARATIONS; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID SEPARATION; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MASS TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEANCE; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; MEMBRANE SURFACE; PEG(POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL); PERMEATION RATE; POLY(ETHERSULFONE) MEMBRANE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE MEMBRANE; SPECIES CONCENTRATION; TEST CELL; UNIFORM FLOW; UNIFORM FLOW DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 77955917961     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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