Concentration build-up in reverse osmosis in turbulent flow
โ Scribed by Y. Winograd; A. Solan
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1969
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 733 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0011-9164
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โฆ Synopsis
The paper considers reverse osmosis in turbulent flow in round tubes. The problem of concentration build-up at the membrane surface in the mass-transfer entry length in fully developed turbulent flow is formulated, taking into account incomplete salt rejection at the membrane and axial variation of the osmotic pressure. The concentration boundary layer development is calculated numerically for representative values of the governing parameters. Desalination. 7 (1969]70) 97-109 Y. WINDGRAD AND A. SDL.AN -water flux, -R,44U, -radial velocity, axial coordinate. radial cooadinnte from tube wall inward, -eddy diffusivity, -variable defined in (/O). -kinematic viscosity. -variable defined in (lo), -osmotic pressure_ -density. shear stress. Subscripts 00 -tube inlet, ( 1%. -membrane wall. _ ( )P -product, ( J4f -development length. Superscripts ( 1' -dimensionless, Eqs. (3) (8).
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