Influence of operation parameters on the separation of mixtures by pervaporation and vapor permeation with inorganic membranes. Part 1: Dehydration of solvents

The separation performance of two different commercially available tubular inorganic membranes was studied for solvent dehydration. The separation layers consisted of A-type zeolite and microporous silica. The membrane characteristics were determined as function of operating conditions such as feed composition, temperature, and permeate pressure in pervaporation and vapor permeation. Among different membranes of the same batch, flux and selectivity were reproducible within 10%. The partial flux of water as the preferentially permeating component increases linearly with the water vapor pressure difference between feed and permeate and depends only marginally (viscosity influence) upon the properties of the organic component. The flux of the organic (retained) component is low and can best be described by assuming a substance and membrane specific permeance (flux over partial pressure difference) that is independent of composition. At very low water concentration in the feed one would expect a strong increase in permeability of the retained component through non-zeolite pores and larger silica pores as predicted by pure component measurements. However, this effect was not observed in mixtures within the concentration range studied here. A temperature rise improves flux rates exponentially while selectivity remains high. Thus, higher module cost in comparison to polymeric membranes can be compensated by reduced membrane area if a higher operating temperature can be chosen. Flux and selectivity decline as a function of permeate pressure with decreasing driving force. In vapor permeation with inorganic membranes superheating of the vaporous feed improves their performance while for polymeric materials a steep flux decline is observed. High flux and selectivity are obtained in the separation of water from alcohols. The normalized flux values of the A-type zeolite membrane are roughly 10 kg/m² h bar with a mixture selectivity of 2000 for methanol, 4000 for ethanol and 8000 for n-butanol. The average permeance of the amorphous silica membrane lies above 12 kg/m² h bar with mixture selectivity of 50 for methanol, 500 for ethanol and 2000 for n-butanol. The separation mechanism is mainly based on adsorption and diffusion enhanced by shape selectivity and size exclusion in some cases. The transport characteristics could be described with a simple transport model based on normalized permeate fluxes. With regard to the operation stability of the membranes, no deterioration of the performance was observed for the A-type zeolite in solvent dehydration or in separation of water from reaction mixtures. The silica membrane showed an initial conditioning effect involving a rearrangement of Si-OH groups with an increase in selectivity and decrease in flux of about 30%. After a few hours the performance stabilized and remained constant during further operation.     

高分子破乳剂及其在大庆油田的应用实验

本文文综述了中老油田采出液性质的变化和高含水采出液的油水分离特性，探讨了聚醚型破乳剂和高分子破乳剂在高含水采出液状况下的适应性。通过理论分析和大庆两个联合站的现场实验证明，高分子破乳剂特别适用于高含水采出液的事实，并指出了其适应性和提出了其质量与适应性的评价方法。     

Development of the Acidity of Zirconia-Supported Niobia Catalysts

A series of NbO _x /ZrO₂ catalysts containing up to 2.67wt Nb (ca. 80 nominal surface coverage) was prepared by incipient wetness impregnation from niobium oxalate and oxalic acid solution. The structure of the catalysts was monitored by X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. The results indicated the presence of a surface Nb phase. No evidence for the formation of crystalline Nb₂O₅ species was found. The development of the acidity as a function of Nb loading was monitored by adsorption of a basic probe molecule followed by infrared spectroscopy. The results indicated the appearance of Brnsted acid sites for a threshold of Nb loading. The abundance of Brnsted acid sites correlated well with the isopropanol dehydration activity. The overall behavior was very similar to that reported earlier for the WO _x /ZrO₂ system.     

Continual conversion of free fatty acid in rice bran oil to triacylglycerol by immobilized lipase

Rice bran oil containing 30–50% free fatty acid was continually converted to an oil containing more than 75% of triacylglycerol (TG) by means of immobilized lipase. The reaction was carried out at 60°C for 24 h with dehydration and reactant mixing by dry nitrogen flow under a positive nitrogen atmosphere. Enzymatic TG synthesis with evaporation by heating was not suitable because of the increasing peroxide value of the oil. Part of this article was presented at the annual meeting of the Japan Oil Chemists' Society at Sendai, Japan, October, 16, 1990.     

HZSM-5型分子筛催化乙醇溶液脱水制备乙烯的工艺

以稀乙醇溶液为原料、自制分子筛HZSM-5为催化剂,催化脱水制备乙烯.考察了硅铝比、反应温度、质量空速及乙醇的质量浓度对该反应的影响,得到了较优化的反应工艺条件为:催化剂为HZSM-5(硅铝比30)分子筛,ρ(乙醇)为100~200 g/L,质量空速为2~6 h-1,反应温度为300℃.乙醇的转化率可达99%,乙烯的选择性达99%以上.     

脱水法合成3-羟基丁酸乙酯

以3-羟基丁酸和乙醇为原料，在对甲苯磺酸的催化下分别以氧化钙、3A分子筛、无水硫酸镁为脱水剂，采用索氏提取器进行回流脱水合成3-羟基丁酸乙酯。对影响3-羟基丁酸乙酯收率的诸因素进行了考察。试验结果表明：加入脱水剂和带水剂可以显著提高3-羟基丁酸乙酯的收率。当原料配比为：0．1mol 3-羟基丁酸、0．12mol乙醇，0．7175g对甲苯磺酸，带水剂环己烷50mL，脱水剂18．7g氧化钙，反应时间3h时，产品3-羟基丁酸乙酯的收率可达96．6％(质量分数，下同)。     

3种2-甲基-2-烷基-1,3-二硫杂环戊烷类化合物的合成

以对甲苯磺酸为催化剂, 3种酮类化合物和二硫代乙二醇在苯中共沸脱水,合成了 2 -甲基- 2 -乙基- 1, 3 -二硫杂环戊烷、2- 甲基- 2- 异丁基- 1, 3- 二硫杂环戊烷和 -2 -甲基- 2 -异戊基 1, 3 二硫杂环戊烷,产率分别为 71. 5%、74. 3%和 75. 6%,质量分数分别为 98 .8%、99. 1%和 98. 9%。经红外光谱分析、元素分析、核磁共振分析和色 -质联机分析确定了 3种产物的结构。     

Pervaporation study of water and tert‐butanol mixtures

The permeation behavior of water/tert‐butanol mixture through Sulzer Pervap2510 hydrophilic poly(vinyl alcohol) membranes was investigated and the effects of feed composition and temperature on separation efficiency of the membranes were studied. The pervaporation experiments were carried out with feed water content varying from 0 to 20 wt % according to the existing industrial needs and with the feed temperature from 60 to 100°C. Over this range, both water flux and separation factor increased with increasing water content and feed temperature. These phenomena may be attributed to (1) the strong interaction between water and the membrane, (2) the decoupling effect of the permeants and the membrane at elevated temperatures, and (3) the steric hindrance effect of branch chain alcohol. The permeability ratio (the ideal separation factor) of water to tert‐butanol across the membrane was calculated and found to follow the same relationship with increasing temperature and water content. Both flux and separation factor obtained from the Pervap2510 membrane in this study were much higher than previous reported values, possible causes for which were analyzed. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 91: 4082–4090, 2004     

Synthesis of nanodispersed oxides of vanadium, titanium, molybdenum, and tungsten on mesoporous silica using atomic layer deposition

The advantages of the atomic layer deposition (ALD) method for preparation of tungsten, vanadium, titanium, and molybdenum oxide catalyst supported on mesoporous silica are discussed, with emphasis on the importance of synthesis conditions on dispersion, structure and activity of the resulting materials. A suite of complementary techniques such as DRS-UV/Vis, BET, ¹H-NMR, XRD, and TEM were used to study the structural properties of the supported metal oxides, and probe reactions such as 2-butanol dehydration and ethanol partial oxidation were used to demonstrate the potential advantages of the ALD-prepared catalysts. Specifically, highly dispersed oxides of titanium, molybdenum, and tungsten oxide on mesoporous silica were synthesized using the ALD method. It is also demonstrated that attainment of high dispersions of vanadium oxide on mesoporous silica requires the presence of at least a single layer of titanium oxide due to the well-known poor interaction between vanadia and silica. The highly dispersed catalysts prepared here by ALD methods exhibited superior catalytic performance relative to those prepared using conventional incipient wetness impregnation.     

The reduction/oxidation behaviour of MnAPO-5 as studied by ESR spectroscopy

It is shown by ESR spectroscopy that Mn²⁺ ions in MnAPO-5 are oxidized to Mn³⁺ during calcination atT475 K. Mn²⁺ occupies variously distorted tetrahedral positions within the framework and in extra-lattice sites. Octahedrally coordinated Mn²⁺ presumably located in the channels becomes detectable after adsorption of water. The ESR spectra of reduced MnAPO-5 show line-narrowing due to spin exchange interactions. The material behaves reversible in redox cycles at temperatures near 500 K.