Static mixing spacers for spiral wound modules

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 442, Issue , 2013, Pages 140-148

  Liu, Jiuqing ^a   Iranshahi, Ashkan ^b   Lou, Yuecun ^b   Lipscomb, Glenn ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Mass transfer; Pressure drop; Static mixing spacer

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN SOLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FLOW CHANNELS; MASS TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; SPACER DESIGN; SPIRAL-WOUND MODULE; STATIC MIXERS; STATIC MIXING;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHANNEL FLOW; FILTRATION; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP;

MIXING;

DEXTRAN;

ARTICLE; FLOW; MEMBRANE MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STATIC MIXING SPACER;

EID: 84877892083     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.03.063     Document Type: Article

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