A simulation software tool to evaluate performance of spiral-wound membrane modules. Applications: Spiral-wound membrane modules, Gas or chemical separation
A variety of mathematical models have been presented for gas separations with spiral-wound membrane modules. The models, found to be in agreement with experiments performed on N2/O2 mixtures, were implemented into a computer program that can be downloaded at https://z.umn.edu/MemPy.
Link to Project: https://rapid.aiche.org/projects/energy-efficient-separations-olefins-and-paraffins-through-membrane
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Modeling and simulation of gas separations with spiral-wound membranes
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a simulation software tool based on a new mathematical model to accurately describe the mass and momentum balances for gas separations in a spiral-wound membrane module.
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Link to Software: https://license.umn.edu/product/mempy-v10---simulation-software-for-gas-separation-using-spiral-wound-membrane-modules
Publications Related to Software: https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.1627
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The research leading to the development of MemPy was primarily supported by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficient and Renewable Energy's Advanced Manufacturing Office under Award Number DE-EE000788, and also by the DOE's Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences under Award Number DE-FG02-17ER16362.
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Robert F. DeJaco, University of Minnesota, dejac001@umn.edu
IIJa Siepmann, University of Minnesota, siepmann@umn.edu
Michael Tsapatsis, Johns Hopkins University/University of Minnesota, TSAPATSIS@JHU.EDU
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This material is primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficient and Renewable Energy's Advanced Manufacturing Office under Award Number DE-EE000788, and also by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences under Award Number DE-FG02-17ER16362. The authors acknowledge the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute at the University of Minnesota (UMN) for providing computational resources that contributed to this work. R. F. D. thanks P. Constantino, C. Parrish, and M. Palys (UMN) for helpful conversations on finite-difference techniques, T. Yang for discussions on P-R EOS, and the reviewers for their helpful comments.