Acronyms
CFD	Computational fluid dynamics
REV	Representative elementary volume
PAN	Polyacrylonitrile
NIPS	Nonsolvent-induced phase separation
Latin symbols
A	Cross-sectional area
$D_H$	Hydraulic diameter
$d_p$	Diameter of the microcapsules
K	Permeability
L	Thickness of the membrane
$N_c$	Number of microcapsules
n	Outer unit normal vector
p	Pressure distribution
Q	Flow rate
$Re$	Reynolds number
u	Fluid velocity field
$x=(x_1,x_2,x_3)$	Spatial coordinate
Greek symbols
$\mathsf{\Gamma }$	Boundary of a domain
$\mathsf{\Delta }{p}_c$	Pressure difference between the inlet and retentate outlet
$\mathsf{\Delta }{p}_s$	Pressure difference between the inlet and permeate outlet
$\mathsf{\Delta }{p}_m$	Transmembrane pressure
$\mu$	Fluid viscosity
${\mu }_{eff}$	Effective fluid viscosity
${\rho }_f$	Fluid density
$\tau$	Wall shear stress
$\mathsf{\Omega }$	Domain (subset of ${\mathbb{R}}^3$)
$\omega$	Vorticity