Prediction of solute rejection and modelling of steady-state concentration polarisation effects in pressure-driven membrane filtration using computational fluid dynamics

Membrane Water Treatment

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-98

  Keir, Greg ^a   Jegatheesan, Veeriah ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD; Concentration polarisation; Membrane filtration; Pore model; Predicted rejection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FILTRATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CONCENTRATION POLARISATION; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; PORE MODELS; PREDICTED REJECTIONS; PRESSURE DRIVEN MEMBRANES; STEADY STATE CONCENTRATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) GEOMETRY;

MICROFILTRATION;

EID: 84886945654     PISSN: 20058624     EISSN: 20927037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/mwt.2012.3.2.077     Document Type: Article

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