A DYNAMIC SIMULATION OF REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS

This paper develops a mathematical model to simulate dynamically a reverse osmosis system. The model is formed from materials balances macroscopic unsteady state combined with the model membrane transport: diffusion-solution. In this first part, we solve the system of differential equations assuming...

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Autores: Armijo C., J., Condorhuamán C., C.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/4758
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/quim/article/view/4758
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Simulation
reverse osmosis
diffusion-solution
concentration polarization
Simulación
osmosis inversa
difusión-solución
polarización por concentración
Descripción
Sumario:This paper develops a mathematical model to simulate dynamically a reverse osmosis system. The model is formed from materials balances macroscopic unsteady state combined with the model membrane transport: diffusion-solution. In this first part, we solve the system of differential equations assuming a completely mixed flow pattern in the reverse osmosis module (module polarization = 1). The system of equations is solved simultaneously by the Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method. The results indicate that increasing the area of membrane or pressure increases the volume of recovered product and increasing the initial concentration in the feed reduces the permeate flow severely.