Modelling flow and heat transfer in spacer-filled membrane distillation channels using open source CFD code

Desalination

Volumn 311, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-112

  Al Sharif, Sharaf ^a   Albeirutty, Mohammed ^a   Cipollina, Andrea ^b   Micale, Giorgio ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CFD; Membrane distillation; Spacer filled channels; Spacers; Temperature polarisation

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; CFD CODES; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; DISCRETISATION; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW DIRECTION; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; HEAT TRANSPORT; IMPLEMENTATION ASPECTS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MODEL GEOMETRY; OPEN SOURCES; OPENFOAM; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; SPACER-FILLED CHANNELS; SPACERS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VELOCITY PROFILES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; OPEN SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE DROP; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISTILLATION; FLOW MODELING; HEAT TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84872692791     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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