A study of the effect of operating conditions on reverse osmosis membrane performance with and without air sparging technique

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-19

  Alsalhy, Qusay F ^a   Albyati, Talib M ^a   Zablouk, Mumtaz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Filtration; Membrane; Optimization; Permeability; Reverse osmosis; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

AIR SPARGING; AIR VELOCITIES; CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGNS; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FEED CONCENTRATION; FILTRATION PROCESS; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; LIQUID FLOW RATES; NACL SOLUTION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PRESSURE; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; PERMEATE FLUX; PERMEATION FLUXES; REGRESSION MODEL; RESPONSE MODEL; SALT REJECTIONS; SLUG FLOW PATTERNS; SUPERFICIAL LIQUID VELOCITY;

AIR; FILTRATION; FLOW RATE; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; OPTIMIZATION; PERMEATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84867280578     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: 15635201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2012.685529     Document Type: Article

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