Membrane module design and dynamic shear-induced techniques to enhance liquid separation by hollow fiber modules: A review

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 16-18, 2013, Pages 3604-3627

  Yang, Xing ^a   Wang, Rong ^a   Fane, Anthony G ^a   Tang, Chuyang Y ^a   Wenten, I G ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Membrane module design; Passive and active enhancement modes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877905011     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.751146     Document Type: Review

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