TY  - JOUR
SN  - 03767388
EP  - 33
AV  - none
TI  - Feed spacer mesh angle: 3D modeling, simulation and optimization based on unsteady hydrodynamic in spiral wound membrane channel
SP  - 16
N1  - cited By 43
Y1  - 2009///
VL  - 343
JF  - Journal of Membrane Science
A1  - Lau, K.K.
A1  - Abu Bakar, M.Z.
A1  - Ahmad, A.L.
A1  - Murugesan, T.
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-68949184708&doi=10.1016%2fj.memsci.2009.07.001&partnerID=40&md5=f2e75682c4203e00d945a1b75ca5d81d
ID  - scholars674
KW  - Concentration polarization; Feed spacer; Spacer mesh angle; Spiral wound membrane; Unsteady hydrodynamics
KW  -  Concentration (process); Hydrodynamics; Membrane technology; Optimization; Polarization; Storm sewers; Three dimensional
KW  -  Fluid dynamics
KW  -  article; artificial membrane; controlled study; fluid flow; hydrodynamics; mathematical model; membrane transport; priority journal; process optimization; simulation
N2  - Basic knowledge on the hydrodynamics in the spacer-filled spiral wound membrane (SWM) channel is vital for the understanding of the formation of concentration polarization at the membrane interface. In the present study, a 3D laminar transient hydrodynamics modeling approach was used to study and optimize the spacer mesh angle for the SWM feed spacer. Based on the simulated results, the optimal spacer mesh angle that yields the minimum effective concentration polarization factor, was found to be α120β30. Under this optimal mesh angles, spacer α120β30 also demonstrated the highest magnitude of unsteady hydrodynamics (which adjacent to the membrane wall) at a moderate degree of pressure loss. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
IS  - 1-2
ER  -