Journal of Nanotechnology and Materials ScienceJournal of Nanotechnology and Materials ScienceJournal of Nanotechnology and Materials ScienceJournal of Nanotechnology and Materials Science2377-1372Ommega Online PublishersNew Jersey, USA2491Research ArticleDesign of a Cross Flow Filtration Module Intended to Minimize Fouling and Concentration Polarization.Design of a Cross Flow Filtration Module Intended to Minimize Fouling and Concentration Polarization.landryomalanga1Department of Civil Engineering and the Build Environment University of the nbsp Witwatersrand 2National Research foundation NRF ThuthukaEditor* E-mail: landromal@gmail.com
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20191205201961JNMS-19-RW-249129042019090520192019Creative Commons Attribution LicenseThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.Cross flow flitration module is mainly used for membrane separation process MSP which is more driven by pressure force feed concentration and permeability However It has been shown that most filtration modules designed at laboratory scale face serious issues of pressure drop membrane fouling and concentration polarization These disavantages might be the result of an inadequate configuration of the designed filtration module itself or due to the technique that is used to send the feed inside the filtration module This paper describes the design of a cross flow filtration module intended to minimize the pressure drop and other membrane problems as fouling and concentration polarization that can occur inside the filtration module during water or waste water treatment process Navier- Stokes equation and principles are applied in order to improve and optimize the geometry of the fluid cell inside the filtration module while the principle of stress-strain was also respected in oder to optimize the mechanical performance of the filtration module Water treatment performance was evaluated with experimental results obtained after the filtration process 10