Feed/Retentate side

dCO
Re tentate
2
CO 2 (xCO
Re tentate
xCO
Re tentate
)
d
2 2

d NRe2tetate x Feed2 1
CO CO 2 (xNRe2tentate xNRe2tentate )
d xN 2 CO 2 / N 2
Feed

Permeate side

CO
Permeate
2 ( ) Feed
N 2 CO
Re tentate
2 ( )
Permeate
N 2 ( ) Feed
N 2 CO
Re tentate
2 ( )

In the equations CO2 , N2 are the dimensionless molar flow rate, for CO2 and N2, respectively and is
the dimensionless module length.

Qi
i
QiFeed
z

L
i and are the parameters affecting the performance of a one stage membrane system, the
permeation number and the feed to permeate pressures ratio, respectively.

PermeanceCO 2 AMembrane P Feed

CO 2 Feed Feed
xCO 2Q

P Feed

P permeate
The pervasion number communicates a correlation between the two fundamental transport systems
included. A high penetration number compares to a high living arrangement time for the stream and,
then, to a high pervasion through the layer as for the aggregate flux along the module.