Simulation of momentum, heat and mass transfer in direct contact membrane distillation: A computational fluid dynamics approach

Hossein Hayer; Omid Bakhtiari; Toraj Mohammadi

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.21, 1379-1382, January, 2015

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2014.06.009 Export Citation

Simulation of momentum, heat and mass transfer in direct contact membrane distillation: A computational fluid dynamics approach

Hossein Hayer, Omid Bakhtiari¹, and Toraj Mohammadi^†

Research Center for Membrane Separation Processes, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Narmak, Tehran, Iran
¹Membrane Research Center, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

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Membrane distillation is one of the newest methods for water purification. In this study, the behavior of direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) process under various operating conditions was mathematically modeled using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. The effects of different parameters on transmembrane flux and temperature polarization coefficient (TPC) were measured by global sensitivity analysis technique. The sensitivity analysis results indicated that the most affecting design parameters in DCMD are membrane thickness and feed temperature.

Keywords:Direct contact membrane distillation;Computational fluid dynamics;Water desalination;Hollow fiber

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[Referenced By]

[1] Van der Bruggen B, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 52 (2013)

[2] Shao P, Kumar A, Can. J. Chem. Eng., 89 (2011)

[3] Chemyshov MN, Meindersma GW, de Haan AB, Desalination, 157 (2003)

[4] Lawson KW, Lloyd DR, J. Membr. Sci., 124 (1997)

[5] Mariah L, Buckley CA, Brouckaert CJ, Curcio E, Drioli E, Jaganyi D, Ramjugernath D, J. Membr. Sci., 280 (2006)

[6] Maab H, Al Saadi A, Francis L, Livazovic S, Ghafour N, Amy GL, Nunes SP, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 52 (2013)

[7] Burgoyne A, Vahdati MM, Sep. Sci. Technol., 35 (2000)

[8] Tang N, Zhang H, Wang W, Desalination, 274 (2011)

[9] Yu H, Yang X, Wang R, Fane AG, J. Membr. Sci., 405-406 (2012)

[10] Ghadiri M, Fakhri S, Shirazian S, Ind. Eng. Res. Chem., 52 (2013)

[11] Bonyadi S, Chung TS, J. Membr. Sci., 331 (2009)

[12] Khayet M, Adv. Colloid Interface Sci., 164 (2011)

[13] Perry RH, Green DW, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, McGraw Hill, New York, 1997.

[14] Smith J, Van Ness H, Abbott M, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, McGraw Hill, Boston, 2001.

[15] Barati F, Ghadiri M, Ghasemi R, Nobari HM, Chem. Eng. Technol., 37 (2014)

[16] Khayet M, Membrane Distillation, first ed., Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2008.

[17] Haghbakhsh R, Hayer H, Saidi M, Keshtkari S, Esmaeilzadeh F, Fluid Phase Equilib., 342 (2013)