“…The solute of urea (MW = 60.06, Kokusam Chemical Works, Yokohama-City, Kanagawa, Japan) was dissolved in pure water of inlet 2 M concentration flowing into the retentate phase while pure water flowed through the dialysate phase with solute diffusivity D = 8 × 10 −6 cm 2 /s. The density and the viscosity of pure water at 25 • C were ρ = 0.997 g/cm 3 and µ = 8.94 × 10 −3 g/cm•s, respectively, while the density and the viscosity of 2M urea solution at 25 • C were ρ = 1.026 g/cm 3 and µ = 9.75 × 10 −3 g/cm•s, respectively. The retentate phase flow rate (V a = 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 mL/min), dialysate phase flow rate (V b = 300 mL/min), and ultrafiltration rate (V b = 0, 5, 10 mL/min) were the specified operating parameters.…”