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Evaluation of vapor mass transfer in various membrane distillation configurations: an experimental study

V. La CarrubbaG. A. MannellaValerio Brucato

subject

Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesMaterials scienceMass transfermass transferThermodynamicsmembrane distillationPermeationLaboratory scalehydrophobic membranesCondensed Matter PhysicsAir gap (plumbing)Membrane distillation

description

Vapor mass transfer phenomena in four different membrane distillation (MD) configurations were examined through a self-built laboratory scale experimen- tal apparatus: Air Gap MD, Sweeping Gas MD, Vacuum Sweeping Gas MD and Vacuum MD. Vapor fluxes were measured and compared with those predicted by various models, showing that MD performance under usual processing conditions is severely controlled by the permeate side resistance to mass transfer.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2011-12-06
10.1007/s00231-011-0946-xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10447/74694