Monte Carlo simulation of pore blocking phenomena in cross-flow microfiltration

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 6789-6797

  Chen, Yingbo ^a   Hu, Xiaoyu ^a   Kim, Hern ^b  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fouling; Monte Carlo method; Off lattice; Permeability; Pore blocking

Indexed keywords

FOULING; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MICROFILTRATION; PORE SIZE;

BLOCKING PHENOMENON; CROSSFLOW MICROFILTRATION; LATTICE MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; MONTECARLO METHODS; OFF-LATTICES; PERMEABILITY; PORE BLOCKING; PORE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROFILTRATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 81355161684     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.10.023     Document Type: Article

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