Comprehensive simulation of flat-sheet membrane element performance in steady state desalination

Desalination

Volumn 316, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-102

  Kostoglou, Margaritis ^a,b   Karabelas, Anastasios J ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Prediction of operating parameters distribution; Results covering entire membrane; RO NF membrane desalination; Steady state performance simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; FLAT-SHEET MEMBRANE; GENERAL PURPOSE; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; KEY PROCESS; LENGTH SCALE; MODULE DESIGN; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; POINT OF VIEWS; RETENTATE; RO/NF MEMBRANES; SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; SPIRAL WOUND MEMBRANES; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE PERFORMANCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DESALINATION; OPTIMIZATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER FILTRATION;

MEMBRANES;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE; OPTIMIZATION; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION;

EID: 84874469230     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.01.033     Document Type: Article

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