Simple Mass Transfer Experiment Using Nanofiltration Membranes

Authors

  • A. Wahab Mohammad Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Abstract

A simple experiment is described to study mass transfer correlation in a stirred cell using nanofiltration membranes.  The objective of the experiment is to calculate the mass transfer coefficient, k, which can then be used to determine the wall concentration at the membrane surface due to the concentration polarization effect.  A simple mass balance of the system shows that it is possible to determine k from the measured rejection of binary salt.

Author Biography

A. Wahab Mohammad, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

A. Wahab Mohammad received his BSChE from Lehigh University in 1989 and worked with Professor Phillip C. Wankat for his master's thesis, receiving his MSChE from Purdue University in 1991. He worked for several years in Malaysia before obtaining his PhD from the University of Wales Swansea, United Kingdom, in 1998. His research interests are in membranes and separation technology. He is currently a lecturer in the Chemical and Process Engineering Department, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

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Published

2000-07-01

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 3 (2000): Summer 2000

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