Heat transfer intensification and scaling mitigation in bubbling-enhanced membrane distillation for brine concentration

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 470, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-69

  Chen, Guizi ^a,b   Yang, Xing ^c   Lu, Yinghong ^a,b   Wang, Rong ^a,b   Fane, Anthony G ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desalination; Gas bubbling; Heat transfer resistance; Membrane distillation; Scaling resistance

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESALINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MEMBRANES;

GAS BUBBLING; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER INTENSIFICATIONS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; RESISTANCE-IN-SERIES MODEL; SCALING RESISTANCE; TEMPERATURE POLARIZATION COEFFICIENT;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ARTICLE; BODY WATER; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GAS; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; OBSERVATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SOLUTE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84905270818     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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