A non-invasive study of flow dynamics in membrane distillation hollow fiber modules using low-field nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 451, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-54

  Yang, X ^a   Fridjonsson, E O ^b   Johns, M L ^b   Wang, R ^a   Fane, A G ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hollow fibers module; Hydrodynamics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Membrane distillation; Propagators

Indexed keywords

HOLLOW FIBER MODULE; HOLLOW-FIBERS MODULE; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MODULE PERFORMANCE; OPERATING CONDITION; PERMEATION FLUXES; PROPAGATORS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

FIBERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

MEMBRANES;

ARTICLE; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; FLOW KINETICS; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 84886259710     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.09.015     Document Type: Article

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