Numerical simulation and experimental studies on heat and mass transfer using sweeping gas membrane distillation

Desalination

Volumn 259, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 84-96

  Charfi, K ^a   Khayet, M ^a   Safi, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Darcy Brinkman Forcheimer formulation; Desalination; Heat and mass transfer; Numerical simulation; Sweeping gas membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

DARCY-BRINKMAN; DISCRETIZATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FEED CONCENTRATION; FEED TEMPERATURE; FEED VELOCITY; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HERMITIANS; MEMBRANE MODULE; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; MULTI DOMAINS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PARTIAL DERIVATIVE EQUATIONS; PERMEATE FLUX; SWEEPING GAS MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; TRANSIENT REGIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; GASES; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER FILTRATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DARCY LAW; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SIMULATION;

EID: 77957761729     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.04.028     Document Type: Article

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