Research Papers by D.F. Fletcher

Recently, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models of flows in membrane channels have been proposed and validated against published simplified models available in the literature. In this paper, experimental and numerical analysis is performed for a reverse osmosis (RO) module and results compared i

In spiral-wound membrane modules, spacers are used to enhance wall shear stress and to promote eddy mixing, thereby reducing wall concentration and fouling. Insights into the effect of spacer filaments on flow patterns in narrow channels were obtained using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code.