Predicting Permeate Fluxes and Rejection Rates in Reverse Osmosis and Tight-Nanofiltration Processes

The performance of reverse osmosis and tight nanofiltration with flat-sheet membranes can be predicted accurately. The proposed numerical model solves the local momentum and mass conservation equations in the module's feed channel with solution-diffusion boundary conditions. Both qualitative and quantitative predictions of the permeate flux and of the rejection rate are obtained with an accuracy depending on the limitations of the solution-diffusion model for describing membrane mass transport and on the value of solute permeability. As an extension of the applications to plate-and-frame modules, the ability to describe the performance of processes carried out with spiral-wound modules is also tested with own desalination experiments and with data from the literature.

Gustavo Henndel . Lopes, Nelson Ibaseta, Pierrette Guichardon, Pierre Haldenwang. Predicting Permeate Fluxes and Rejection Rates in Reverse Osmosis and Tight-Nanofiltration Processes. Chemical Engineering and Technology, 2015, 38 (4), pp.585-594. ⟨10.1002/ceat.201400654⟩. ⟨hal-01135689⟩

Journal: Chemical Engineering and Technology

Date de publication: 01-04-2015

Auteurs:
  • Gustavo Henndel . Lopes
  • Nelson Ibaseta
  • Pierrette Guichardon
  • Pierre Haldenwang

Digital object identifier (doi): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201400654

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