“…Moreover, the calculation procedure of the iterative shooting method involves significant computational time and effort. To overcome mathematical complexities involved, different modifications and approaches of solving the model equations have been proposed (Kovvali et al, 1994;Coker et al, 1998;Kaldis et al, 2000;Marriott et al, 2001;Marriott and Sørensen, 2003;Jiang and Kumar, 2008;Peer et al, 2008;Makaruk and Harasek, 2009). Kovvali et al (1994) used a linear approximation to represent the feed and permeate compositions at certain intervals along the fibre length, and the solution accuracy thus entirely depends on the number of intervals along the fibre.…”