Mathematical analysis of the meso-scale flow field in spiral-wound membrane modules

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4653-4666

  Kostoglou, Margaritis ^a   Karabelas, Anastasios J ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Centre for Research Technology Hellas   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COMPREHENSIVE MODELING; CONVERGENCE DIFFICULTY; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; HYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL TREATMENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING SIMULATOR; MEMBRANE MODULE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MESOSCALE; MICRO-SCALES; MOMENTUM CONSERVATION LAW; NARROW CHANNEL; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS; PROBLEM PARAMETERS; REDUCED DIMENSIONALITY; RETENTATE; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION;

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 79954530548     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie102083j     Document Type: Article

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