CFD simulation of baffles arrangement for gelatin-water ultrafiltration in rectangular channel

Desalination

Volumn 284, Issue , 2012, Pages 288-296

  Monfared, M Abbasi ^a   Kasiri, N ^a   Salahi, A ^a   Mohammadi, T ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Baffle filled membrane channel; Computational fluid dynamic (CFD); Concentration polarization; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; CFD SIMULATIONS; CONCENTRATION BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; DISSIPATION RATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FEED FLOWS; INDEPENDENT MODEL; INDUSTRIAL METHODS; MEMBRANE CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROCESS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MESH SIZE; MODEL RESULTS; PERMEATE FLOW; PERMEATE FLUX; PERMEATION FLUXES; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; TIME STEP; TOTAL PRESSURE; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KINETIC ENERGY; MEMBRANE; POLARIZATION; TURBULENT FLOW; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 83255187183     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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