Design and development of novel feed spacers in spiral wound membrane modules with 3D printing

• Main Authors: Tan, Wen See, Chua, Chee Kai, Chong, Tzyy Haur, An, Jia
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Feed Spacers; 3D Printing; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Prototyping
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88730; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45984
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Feed spacer is a mesh-like structure placed between membrane sheets to create channels for fluid flow in a spiral wound membrane module (SWM). It has an important role in the hydrodynamic conditions of a SWM, which serves to facilitate mass transfer in the feed channel by generating vortex and pr...