Nanofiltration membranes (NF) have applications in several areas. One of the main
applications has been in watertreatment for drinking water production as well as wastewater …

Osmotically assisted reverse osmosis (OARO) has been proposed as an innovative solution
to recover more water from hypersaline water, surpassing the traditional RO method which is …

The robustness, reliability and efficiency of modern numerical methods for obtaining
solutions to flow problems have given rise to the adoption of Computational Fluid Dynamics …

The operation of spiral wound modules in industrial plants is affected by many parameters,
including the operating conditions, the arrangements of the spiral wound modules in arrays …

A systematic study is presented on the effect of both Reynolds (Re) and Schmidt (Sc)
numbers on Sherwood (Sh) number, for narrow channels with spacers, closely simulating …

A numerical and experimental study is presented, aimed at obtaining a better understanding
of transport phenomena in spirally wound membrane elements, where feed flow spacers are …

Membrane filtration has become firmly established as a primary technology for ensuring the
purity, safety and/or efficiency of the treatment of water or effluents. In this paper, we review …

Forward osmosis is an osmotically driven membrane separation process that relies on the
utilization of a large osmotic pressure differential generated across a semi-permeable …

A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model was used to simulate steady fluid flow with
mass transfer in three-dimensional narrow channels containing non-woven spacers with a …

Accurate modelling of the flow and concentration polarisation in pressure driven membrane
processes is inhibited by the complex couplings in the flow equations along with any added …