Generation of Dean vortices and enhancement of oxygen transfer rates in membrane contactors for different hollow fiber geometries

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 423-424, Issue , 2012, Pages 342-347

  Kaufhold, D ^a   Kopf, F ^a   Wolff, C ^b   Beutel, S ^b   Hilterhaus, L ^a   Hoffmann, M ^a   Scheper, T ^b   Schluter M ^a   Liese, A ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bubble free aeration; Dean vortices; Gas liquid contactor; Hollow fiber membrane module; Membrane gas absorption

Indexed keywords

DEAN NUMBER; DEAN VORTEX; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; FIBER GEOMETRIES; FIBER LENGTH; GAS TRANSFER; GAS-LIQUID CONTACTORS; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; GEOMETRIC SHAPE; HELICAL PITCH; HOLLOW FIBER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE CONTACTORS; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULES; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; MEMBRANE AREA; MEMBRANE CONTACTOR; MEMBRANE GAS ABSORPTION; MEMBRANE MODULE; OXYGEN TRANSFER RATE; PACKING DENSITY; SHAPED FIBERS; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; TRANSFER RATES; TRANSPORT ENHANCEMENTS;

GAS ABSORPTION; GEOMETRY; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; POLYPROPYLENES;

FIBERS;

OXYGEN; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEAN VORTEX; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE CONTACTOR; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROFILTRATION; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 84867742591     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.08.035     Document Type: Article

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