Unsteady-state shear strategies to enhance mass-transfer for the implementation of ultrapermeable membranes in reverse osmosis: A review

Desalination

Volumn 356, Issue , 2015, Pages 328-348

  Zamani, Farhad ^a,b   Chew, Jia Wei ^a,b   Akhondi, Ebrahim ^b   Krantz, William B ^b,c   Fane, Anthony G ^b  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer mass transfer; Concentration polarization and membrane fouling; Gas sparging, vibrations, particle fluidization, and flow pulsations; Reverse osmosis processes; Ultrapermeable membranes (UPM); Unsteady state shear strategies

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUIDIZATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; POLARIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SHEAR FLOW; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FLOW PULSATION; MEMBRANE PREPARATION; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MODES OF OPERATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; ULTRAPERMEABLE MEMBRANES (UPM); UNSTEADY STATE;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

DESALINATION; FLUIDIZATION; FOULING; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; VIBRATION;

EID: 84916620281     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.10.021     Document Type: Review

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