Simulation of forward osmosis membrane process: Effect of membrane orientation and flow direction of feed and draw solutions

Desalination

Volumn 277, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 83-91

  Jung, Da Hee ^a   Lee, Jijung ^a   Kim, Do Yeon ^b   Lee, Young Geun ^c   Park, Minkyu ^a   Lee, Sangho ^d   Yang, Dae Ryook ^b   Kim, Joon Ha ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^d Kookmin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Concentration polarization; Flow direction; Forward osmosis; Membrane orientation; Plate and frame (PNF) module; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FLOW DIRECTION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE ORIENTATION; PLATE AND FRAME (PNF) MODULE; SIMULATION;

OSMOSIS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; POLARIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACTIVE LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION; SOLUTE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 79960170932     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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