CFD-assisted design improvement of a bench-scale nanofiltration cell

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 177-184

  Cortés Juan, Frederic ^a   Balannec, Béatrice ^a,b   Renouard, Thierry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

CFD; Flux enhancement; Hydrodynamics; Membrane; Nanofiltration cell

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS; DESIGN MODIFICATIONS; DESIGN VARIABLES; FEED CHAMBER; FILTRATION CELL; FILTRATION PERFORMANCE; FLUX ENHANCEMENT; HIGH VELOCITY; LAMINAR FLUID FLOW; MEMBRANE SURFACE; NANOFILTRATION FLUX; RECIRCULATIONS; RETENTATE; SEQUENTIAL MODE; TOP SURFACE; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MEMBRANE FOULING; NANOFILTRATION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CELLS;

EID: 80053946556     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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