Application of CFD for simulation of a baffled tubular membrane

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 600-608

  Ahmed, Saber ^a   Seraji, M Taif ^a,c,d   Jahedi, Jonaid ^a   Hashib, M A ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c National University   (Bangladesh)

^d KUET   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Fouling; Membrane; Shear; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CFD CODES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC (CFD); CROSSFLOW MICROFILTRATION; EDDY ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; FILTRATION PERFORMANCE; FLUX ENHANCEMENT; LOCAL PARAMETERS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; SHEAR; SIMULATION; STATIC PRESSURE; STREAMFUNCTIONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE SUSPENSION; TUBULAR MEMBRANES; TURBULENT DISSIPATION; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; WALL SHEAR STRESS; WALL VELOCITY;

FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; SHEAR STRESS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84860453948     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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