Device Performance of a Tubular Membrane Dialyzer Incorporating Ultrafiltration Effects on the Dialysis Efficiency

Ho, C.-D. and Tu, J.-W. and Lim, J.-W. and Lai, W.-C. (2023) Device Performance of a Tubular Membrane Dialyzer Incorporating Ultrafiltration Effects on the Dialysis Efficiency. Membranes, 13 (6).

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Abstract

Membrane dialysis is one of the membrane contactors applied to wastewater treatment. The dialysis rate of a traditional dialyzer module is restricted because the solutes transport through the membrane only by diffusion, in which the mass-transfer driving force across the membrane is the concentration gradient between the retentate and dialysate phases. A two-dimensional mathematical model of the concentric tubular dialysis-and-ultrafiltration module was developed theoretically in this study. The simulated results show that the dialysis rate improvement was significantly improved through implementing the ultrafiltration effect by introducing a trans-membrane pressure during the membrane dialysis process. The velocity profiles of the retentate and dialysate phases in the dialysis-and-ultrafiltration system were derived and expressed in terms of the stream function, which was solved numerically by the Crank�Nicolson method. A maximum dialysis rate improvement of up to twice that of the pure dialysis system ((Formula presented.)) was obtained by employing a dialysis system with an ultrafiltration rate of (Formula presented.) and a constant membrane sieving coefficient of (Formula presented.). The influences of the concentric tubular radius, ultrafiltration fluxes and membrane sieve factor on the outlet retentate concentration and mass transfer rate are also illustrated. © 2023 by the authors.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Dialysis membranes; Efficiency; Mass transfer; Ultrafiltration; Wastewater treatment, Device performance; Dialysates; Dialysis systems; Membrane contactor; Membrane dialysis; Retentate; Separation efficiency; Tubular dialyzer; Tubular membranes; Tubulars, Dialysis
Depositing User: Mr Ahmad Suhairi UTP
Date Deposited: 04 Jun 2024 14:10
Last Modified: 04 Jun 2024 14:10
URI: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/id/eprint/18489

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