Concentration Polarization during Crossflow Membrane Filtration: Equivalence of Osmotic Pressure Model and Filtration Theory

Table of Contents

Concentration Polarization during Crossflow Membrane Filtration: Equivalence of Osmotic Pressure Model and Filtration Theory

Prologue

1. The Crossflow Filtration Process

2. Thermodynamic Approach

3. An Alternative Interpretation of the Phenomenological Equation

4. Hydrodynamic Approach

5. Application of the Equivalence

6. Evaluation of Gamma

7. Solute Concentration Profile and Permeate Flux

8. The Filtration Characteristics

9. Graphical Technique for Flux Prediction

10. Representative Flux Predictions

11. Dependence on Particle Size

12. Predictions of Channel Average Permeate Flux

13. Concluding Remarks

Relevant Publication:
Elimelech, M, and Bhattacharjee, S. "A Novel Approach for Modeling Concentration Polarization in Crossflow Membrane Filtration Based on the Equivalence of Osmotic Pressure Model and Filtration Theory", Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 145, July 1998, pages 223-241.

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