Effectiveness-mass transfer units (ε-MTU) model of an ideal pressure retarded osmosis membrane mass exchanger

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 445, Issue , 2013, Pages 211-219

  Sharqawy, Mostafa H ^a   Banchik, Leonardo D ^b   Lienhard, John H ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Mass transfer units; Membrane mass exchanger; Pressure retarded osmosis

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; EFFECTIVENESS; MASS EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS (PRO); PRESSURE-RETARDED OSMOSIS; SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

DESALINATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; WATER FILTRATION;

PERMEATION;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOW RATE; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER UNIT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84880750519     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.06.027     Document Type: Article

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