CFD modeling and simulation of concentration polarization in microfiltration of oil-water emulsions; Application of an Eulerian multiphase model

Desalination

Volumn 324, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-47

  Zare, Mehrdad ^a   Zokaee Ashtiani, Farzin ^a   Fouladitajar, Amir ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CFD modeling; Concentration polarization; Microfiltration; Multiphase model; Oil water Emulsion

Indexed keywords

BETTER PERFORMANCE; CFD MODELING; CFD MODELING AND SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; MULTIPHASE MODEL; OIL-WATER EMULSION; RECTANGULAR MEMBRANE MODULES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROOFS;

POLARIZATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROPLET; EMULSION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; FLOW MODELING; MEMBRANE; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 84879722814     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.05.022     Document Type: Article

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