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Coupled Model of Concentration Polarization and Pore Transport for Crossflow Nanofiltration of Multi-component Electrolytes

Contents

Background

Background

Objectives

System for Modeling: Long rectangular crossflow membrane unit

Concentration Polarization (CP)

Pore Transport

Governing Equation for Pore Partitioning

Electrical Mobility of Ions

Coupled Model of Concentration Polarization and Pore Transport in Crossflow Nanofiltration of Multi-component Electrolytes

Local Variation of Interfacial Concentration

Coupled Model (CP)

Coupled Model (Pore Transport)

Modeling Results

Modeling Results

Effects of Mixture Salt Ratio on Rejection Properties

Membrane Charge Screening

Effects of Charge Number and Salt Ratio

Coupled Effects of Salt Ratio, Charge Number, and Hydrodynamics

Local Variation of Ch and Salt Ratio

Local Variation of Ch and Salt Ratio

Conclusion

Email: menachem.elimelech@yale.edu

Index

Relevant Publication:

Bhattacharjee, S., Chen, J. C., and Elimelech, M. "Coupled Model of Concentration Polarization and Pore Transport for Crossflow Nanofiltration of Multi-component Electrolytes", AIChE Journal, submitted.

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