Membrane and Water Treatment
Volume 1, Number 4, 2010, pages 253-271
DOI: 10.12989/mwt.2010.1.4.253
Modeling of flux enhancement in presence of concentration polarization by pressure pulsation during laminar cross flow ultrafiltration
Kamal Kumar and Sirshendu De
Abstract
A theoretical study for the flux enhancement by pulsation of transmembrane pressure is presented for osmotic pressure controlled ultrafiltration under laminar flow regime. The transient velocity profile is solved analytically using Green
Key Words
pulsatile flow; osmotic pressure controlling; ultrafiltration; permeate flux; retention.
Address
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Kharagpur - 721 302, India