Modeling of concentration polarization in a reverse osmosis channel with parabolic crossflow

Water Environment Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-62

  Liu, Cui ^a   Morse, Audra ^a   Rainwater, Ken ^a   Song, Lianfa ^a  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration polarization; Desalination; Mathematical modeling; Parabolic flow; Reverse osmosis; Total salt balance

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CORRECTION FUNCTION; CROSSFLOW VELOCITIES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; PARABOLIC FLOW; SALT CONCENTRATION; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT; TOTAL SALT BALANCES;

SHEAR FLOW;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESALINATION; FLOW MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; DESALINATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FLOW KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; PARABOLIC CROSSFLOW; PLUG FLOW; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SHEAR FLOW; SIMULATION; SODIUM BALANCE; VELOCITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSMOSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84892492264     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143013X13778144233972     Document Type: Article

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