Simulation studies of ammonia removal from water in a membrane contactor under liquid-liquid extraction mode

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-130

  Mandowara, Amish ^a   Bhattacharya, Prashant K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Ammonia water; Diffusion; Hollow fibre membrane contactor; Liquid liquid extraction; Modelling numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; EXTRACTION; FIBERS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

AMMONIA REMOVAL; AMMONIA/WATER; EXTRACTION MODES; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE CONTACTORS; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; MEMBRANE CONTACTOR; MODELING & NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PLUG FLOW MODELS; SIMULATION STUDIES; UNSTEADY STATE;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77957788225     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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