RT Journal Article
T1 Flow rate influence on direct contact membrane distillation experiments: Different empirical correlations for Nusselt number
A1 Izquierdo Gil, María Amparo
A1 Fernández Pineda, Cristóbal
A1 Lorenz, M. G.
AB Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) experiments using distilled water are reported. Influence on the process of feed and permeate flow rates through the cell has been investigated in a wide flow range, from 2 to 8l/min. Two main effects have been studied, its effect on the heat transfer coefficient and on the effective membrane thickness. An empiric dependence of the membrane thickness with linear velocity through the cell has been included in the equation for mass flux through the membrane obtained from the "Dusty-Gas" model with satisfactory results.
PB Elsevier Science BV
SN 0376-7388
YR 2008
FD 2008-08-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51019
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51019
LA eng
NO © 2008 Elsevier B.V. The authors wish to thank CICYT (Spain), Projects PB-98-07-88 and BFM2003-07197, for the financial support accorded to this work.
NO CICYT (Spain)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 14 may 2025