Hydrodynamics of sinusoidal spacers for improved reverse osmosis performance

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 453, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-99

  Xie, Peng ^a   Murdoch, Lawrence C ^a   Ladner, David A ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Concentration polarization; Flux enhancement; Reverse osmosis; Sinusoidal spacer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FLUX ENHANCEMENT; SALT CONCENTRATION; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; SINUSOIDAL SPACER; TAYLOR-GOERTLER VORTICES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE DROP; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

GEOMETRY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; VELOCITY;

EID: 84888059209     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.10.068     Document Type: Article

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