Reduced‐order modeling of flow and concentration polarization in membrane systems with permeation

Modeling of concentration polarization (CP) is important to ensure a successful membrane system design. Although computational fluid dynamics (CFD) remains a common approach to study CP, it usually requires a long computational time to investigate a short simulated time in membrane systems. In this...

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Main Authors: Chan, Foo Sheng, Tan, Chee Keong, Ratnayake, Pesila, Liang, Y. Y.
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Language:English
Published: American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2020
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author Chan, Foo Sheng
Tan, Chee Keong
Ratnayake, Pesila
Liang, Y. Y.
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Tan, Chee Keong
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description Modeling of concentration polarization (CP) is important to ensure a successful membrane system design. Although computational fluid dynamics (CFD) remains a common approach to study CP, it usually requires a long computational time to investigate a short simulated time in membrane systems. In this work, we proposed a reduced‐order model to predict CP in membrane systems with permeation. We modify Berman's velocity profile and incorporated it to the reduced‐order model of the mass‐transfer equation. The proposed model shows excellent agreement with CFD results, while offering a reduction of two orders of magnitude in computational time. We also validate the model with published experimental data and demonstrate that the model can predict permeate flux in close proximity under various operating conditions. The proposed model offers an attractive alternative to solving the full Navier–Stokes and mass‐transfer equations, and opens the possibility to further investigate various approaches to reduce concentration polarization.
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spelling ump-271692020-08-12T02:19:22Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27169/ Reduced‐order modeling of flow and concentration polarization in membrane systems with permeation Chan, Foo Sheng Tan, Chee Keong Ratnayake, Pesila Liang, Y. Y. TP Chemical technology Modeling of concentration polarization (CP) is important to ensure a successful membrane system design. Although computational fluid dynamics (CFD) remains a common approach to study CP, it usually requires a long computational time to investigate a short simulated time in membrane systems. In this work, we proposed a reduced‐order model to predict CP in membrane systems with permeation. We modify Berman's velocity profile and incorporated it to the reduced‐order model of the mass‐transfer equation. The proposed model shows excellent agreement with CFD results, while offering a reduction of two orders of magnitude in computational time. We also validate the model with published experimental data and demonstrate that the model can predict permeate flux in close proximity under various operating conditions. The proposed model offers an attractive alternative to solving the full Navier–Stokes and mass‐transfer equations, and opens the possibility to further investigate various approaches to reduce concentration polarization. American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2020 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27169/1/Reduced-order%20modelling%20of%20flow%20and%20concentration.pdf Chan, Foo Sheng and Tan, Chee Keong and Ratnayake, Pesila and Liang, Y. Y. (2020) Reduced‐order modeling of flow and concentration polarization in membrane systems with permeation. AIChE Journal, 66 (4). pp. 1-11. ISSN 1547-5905. (In Press / Online First) (In Press / Online First) https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.16851 https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.16851
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Chan, Foo Sheng
Tan, Chee Keong
Ratnayake, Pesila
Liang, Y. Y.
Reduced‐order modeling of flow and concentration polarization in membrane systems with permeation
title Reduced‐order modeling of flow and concentration polarization in membrane systems with permeation
title_full Reduced‐order modeling of flow and concentration polarization in membrane systems with permeation
title_fullStr Reduced‐order modeling of flow and concentration polarization in membrane systems with permeation
title_full_unstemmed Reduced‐order modeling of flow and concentration polarization in membrane systems with permeation
title_short Reduced‐order modeling of flow and concentration polarization in membrane systems with permeation
title_sort reduced‐order modeling of flow and concentration polarization in membrane systems with permeation
topic TP Chemical technology
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