Coupled effects of circular and elliptical feed spacers under forced-slip on viscous dissipation and mass transfer enhancement based on CFD
Combining unsteady state shear strategies and a novel spacer geometry for spirally wound membrane modules may lead to greater flux enhancement than only optimising the spacer geometry. In this paper, CFD is employed to simulate the effect of different spacer profiles (circular and elliptical) and co...
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| description | Combining unsteady state shear strategies and a novel spacer geometry for spirally wound membrane modules may lead to greater flux enhancement than only optimising the spacer geometry. In this paper, CFD is employed to simulate the effect of different spacer profiles (circular and elliptical) and configurations (2- and 3-layer) on flux enhancement generated by unsteady forced-slip. Data analysis shows that a similar Strouhal number is observed for all spacer filaments under consideration, regardless of profile shape. Although a submerged spacer leads to relatively larger pressure losses, implementing forced-slip with that geometry results in the largest flux increase (40%) compared to other configurations under consideration. This is associated with the shedding of vortices near the membrane surface, coupled with vortex flow cross-over from regions of high concentration (near the membrane) to low concentration regions in the bulk. However, the flow instabilities that improve mass transfer are weakened in channels with smaller void fraction, leading to smaller flux enhancement. The results therefore suggest that the simple circular profile is preferred for maximising vortex-shedding-induced permeate flux enhancement. |
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| spelling | my.ump.umpir.324332021-10-28T07:58:05Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32433/ Coupled effects of circular and elliptical feed spacers under forced-slip on viscous dissipation and mass transfer enhancement based on CFD Foo, K. Liang, Y. Y. Tan, C. K. Weihs, G. A. Fimbres TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TP Chemical technology Combining unsteady state shear strategies and a novel spacer geometry for spirally wound membrane modules may lead to greater flux enhancement than only optimising the spacer geometry. In this paper, CFD is employed to simulate the effect of different spacer profiles (circular and elliptical) and configurations (2- and 3-layer) on flux enhancement generated by unsteady forced-slip. Data analysis shows that a similar Strouhal number is observed for all spacer filaments under consideration, regardless of profile shape. Although a submerged spacer leads to relatively larger pressure losses, implementing forced-slip with that geometry results in the largest flux increase (40%) compared to other configurations under consideration. This is associated with the shedding of vortices near the membrane surface, coupled with vortex flow cross-over from regions of high concentration (near the membrane) to low concentration regions in the bulk. However, the flow instabilities that improve mass transfer are weakened in channels with smaller void fraction, leading to smaller flux enhancement. The results therefore suggest that the simple circular profile is preferred for maximising vortex-shedding-induced permeate flux enhancement. Elsevier Ltd 2021-11-01 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32433/1/Coupled%20effects%20of%20circular%20and%20elliptical%20feed%20spacers%20.pdf pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32433/2/Coupled%20effects%20of%20circular%20and%20elliptical%20feed%20spacers_FULL.pdf Foo, K. and Liang, Y. Y. and Tan, C. K. and Weihs, G. A. Fimbres (2021) Coupled effects of circular and elliptical feed spacers under forced-slip on viscous dissipation and mass transfer enhancement based on CFD. Journal of Membrane Science, 637 (119599). pp. 1-13. ISSN 0376-7388. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119599 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119599 |
| spellingShingle | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TP Chemical technology Foo, K. Liang, Y. Y. Tan, C. K. Weihs, G. A. Fimbres Coupled effects of circular and elliptical feed spacers under forced-slip on viscous dissipation and mass transfer enhancement based on CFD |
| title | Coupled effects of circular and elliptical feed spacers under forced-slip on viscous dissipation and mass transfer enhancement based on CFD |
| title_full | Coupled effects of circular and elliptical feed spacers under forced-slip on viscous dissipation and mass transfer enhancement based on CFD |
| title_fullStr | Coupled effects of circular and elliptical feed spacers under forced-slip on viscous dissipation and mass transfer enhancement based on CFD |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coupled effects of circular and elliptical feed spacers under forced-slip on viscous dissipation and mass transfer enhancement based on CFD |
| title_short | Coupled effects of circular and elliptical feed spacers under forced-slip on viscous dissipation and mass transfer enhancement based on CFD |
| title_sort | coupled effects of circular and elliptical feed spacers under forced-slip on viscous dissipation and mass transfer enhancement based on cfd |
| topic | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TP Chemical technology |
| url | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32433/1/Coupled%20effects%20of%20circular%20and%20elliptical%20feed%20spacers%20.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32433/2/Coupled%20effects%20of%20circular%20and%20elliptical%20feed%20spacers_FULL.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32433/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119599 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119599 |
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