Effectiveness-mass transfer units (ε-MTU) model of a reverse osmosis membrane mass exchanger

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 458, Issue , 2014, Pages 189-198

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

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Concentration polarization; Desalination; Effectiveness mass transfer units; Heat and mass transfer similarity; Mass exchanger; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894466715     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.01.039     Document Type: Article

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