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Hollow fiber membrane contactors
Alan Gabelman,Sun Tak Hwang +1 more
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A general review of hollow fiber membrane contactors, including operating principles, relevant mathematics, and applications, is provided in this paper, where a number of membrane module geometries are possible, hollow fiber modules have received the most attention.About:
This article is published in Journal of Membrane Science.The article was published on 1999-07-01. It has received 1207 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Hollow fiber membrane & Mass transfer.read more
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A review on biodiesel production using catalyzed transesterification
TL;DR: In this article, the main factors affecting the yield of biodiesel, i.e. alcohol quantity, reaction time, reaction temperature and catalyst concentration, are discussed, as well as new new processes for biodiesel production.
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Potential of membrane distillation in seawater desalination: Thermal efficiency, sensitivity study and cost estimation
Sulaiman Al-Obaidani,Sulaiman Al-Obaidani,Efrem Curcio,Francesca Macedonio,Gianluca Di Profio,Hilal Al-Hinai,Enrico Drioli +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an extensive analysis on direct contact membrane distillation performance was developed to estimate the mass flux and the heat efficiency, considering transport phenomena, membrane structural properties and most sensitive process parameters, with the aim to provide optimization guidelines for materials and methods.
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Membrane Distillation and Related Operations—A Review
Efrem Curcio,Enrico Drioli +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review of membrane contactors for inter-phase mass transfer is presented, specifically addressed to membrane distillation, osmotic distillation (OD), and membrane crystallization (MCr).
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Synthetic membranes for water purification : status and future
TL;DR: It is likely that limitations in fluid mechanics and mass transfer will define the upper bounds of membrane performance, with RO remaining as the key to desalination and reclamation, with other membrane processes growing in support and in niche areas.
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Review of CO2 absorption using chemical solvents in hollow fiber membrane contactors
Jingliang Li,Bing Hung Chen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a hollow fiber membrane contactor is used to separate CO2 from a gas stream, which is a promising alternative to conventional techniques such as column absorption, and the major advantages of the membrane absorption are the larger interfacial area, better device-modularity and more operational flexibility.
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