Helically microstructured spacers improve mass transfer and fractionation selectivity in ultrafiltration

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 463, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-48

  Fritzmann, Clemens ^a   Wiese, Martin ^a   Melin, Thomas ^a   Wessling, Matthias ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR INTERACTIVE MATERIALS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Molecular weight cut off; Rapid prototyping; Spacer; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RAPID PROTOTYPING; ULTRAFILTRATION;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CROSS-FLOW POWER CONSUMPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; MULTICOMPONENT MIXTURE; OVERALL MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SPACER; ULTRAFILTRATION PROCESS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DEXTRAN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRACTIONATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENERAL DEVICE; GEOMETRY; HELICALLY MICROSTRUCTURED SPACER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84897933542     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.03.059     Document Type: Article

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