Mass-transfer entrance effects in narrow rectangular channels with ribbed walls or mesh-type spacers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 78, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-45

  Rodrigues, Carina ^a   Geraldes, Vítor ^a   de Pinho, Maria Norberta ^a   Semião, Viriato ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Electrochemistry; Entrance effects; Mass transfer; Membranes; Mesh type spacers; Spiral wound modules

Indexed keywords

ATTACK ANGLE; BOTTOM WALL; CFD SIMULATIONS; CHANNEL HEIGHT; CRITICAL VALUE; ENTRANCE EFFECTS; LAMINAR FLOW REGIMES; LIMITING CURRENT; LIMITING CURRENT TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANE MODULE; MESH-TYPE SPACERS; NARROW RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; NICKEL ELECTRODE; PARALLEL FILAMENTS; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; REDOX COUPLE; RIBBED WALLS; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; SPIRAL-WOUND MODULE; TEST CELL; TRANSITIONAL FLOW REGIMES; TWO LAYERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYANIDES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; LAMINAR FLOW; MEMBRANES; POTASSIUM; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 84861331323     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.04.023     Document Type: Article

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