Ultrasound Assisted Pervaporation Separation of Pyridine/Water Mixtures Using Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Polyacrylonitrile Blend Membranes

Poly(vinyl alcohol)/polyacrylonitrile blend membranes were prepared to separate pyridine/water mixtures by pervaporation. The membranes were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The effects of membrane composition, feed pyridine concentration, operating temperature, downstream pressure and ultrasound irradiation on the separation process were evaluated. The experimental results indicated that with increasing PVA mass ratio and operating temperature the permeate flux increased but the separation factor decreased, while with increasing feed concentration and downstream pressure the separation factor increased and the permeate flux decreased. It was observed that Ultrasound irradiation enhanced the permeate flux.     

Concentration of Dilute Acetone-Water Solutions Using Pervaporation

Abstract

The separation of acetone-water mixtures by pervaporation has been studied. Four membranes were evaluated: a silicone composite (SC) membrane, a polydi-methylsiloxane (PDMS) membrane, a polymethoxysiloxane (PMS), and a polyether-block-polyamide copolymer (PEBA) membrane. The silicone composite membrane exhibited a higher flux and selectivity than any of the other membranes studied. At a feed temperature of 50°C, a permeate-side pressure of 1 torr, and a feed concentration of 5.0%, the silicone composite membrane had a flux of 1.1 kg/m²·h and a selectivity of 50. The effects of temperature and permeate-side pressure on membrane transport were studied using the SC membrane. An increase in temperature increased the flux exponentially, but had little effect on selectivity. An analysis of the data shows that the trend agrees quite well with an Arrhenius-type relationship. As the permeate-side pressure increased, the flux decreased in a sigmoidal fashion over the range evaluated. Selectivity did not change significantly over the lower portion of the pressure range studied. The effect of feed concentration on flux and selectivity was also investigated.     

Pervaporation Separation of p-/o-Xylene Mixtures Using HTPB-Based Polyurethaneurea Membranes

Hydroxy terminated polybutadiene (HTPB)-based polyurethaneurea membranes with and without cross-linkage were synthesized and first used as membrane material to separate p-/o-xylene mixtures by pervaporation. Compared with HTPB-PU (without cross-linkage) membranes, HTPB-DVB-PU (cross-linked HTPB-PU with divinyl benzene) membranes demonstrated a lower degree of swelling in xylene isomer solutions and noticeable improved separation factor of p-/o-xylene. On the other hand, the amount of p-xylene adsorbed in HTPB-DVB-PU membranes increased significantly rather than that of o-xylene. While the separation factor of p-/o-xylene increased but the total flux decreased with increasing DVB content, which can be ascribed to the improved chemical structure and more homogeneous chain structures of the HTPB-DVB-PU membranes. The p-xylene normalized permeation rate and separation factor of p-/o-xylene of HTPB-DVB-PU membrane reached 2.70 kgµm/m²h and 2.23, respectively, at a feed concentration of 10 wt% p-xylene at 30°C.     

PVA-TEOS/PAN复合膜渗透蒸发分离己内酰胺/水溶液

制备了以聚乙烯醇(PVA)与正硅酸乙酯(TEOS)交联膜为活性层,以超滤平板膜PAN为底膜的PVA-TEOS/PAN复合膜,并用于己内酰胺脱水.FT-IR和XRD谱图证实复合膜活性层中PVA与TEOS发生交联反应,形成了Si-O-C共价键,膜结晶度降低.用SEM和TGA分别对膜的形貌和热稳定性进行表征.考察了交联剂(T...     

Separation of Toluene-Methanol Mixtures by Pervaporation Using Semi-IPN Polymer Membranes

Polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) has been chemically modified by polymerizing hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) in aqueous solution of PVOH and finally crosslinking PVOH with glutaraldehyde to produce a semi-interpenetrating network (SIPN) membrane. Accordingly, three such SIPN membranes, namely SIPNI, SIPNII, and SIPNIII were synthesized with different weight ratio of PVOH: HEMA i.e., 1:0.25 (SIPNI), 1:0.50 (SIPNII), and 1:0.75 (SIPNIII). These SIPN membranes were used for pervaporative separation of methanol from its mixtures with toluene. The flux and methanol selectivity of these SIPN membranes were found to be much higher than conventional PVOH membrane crosslinked with glutaraldehyde. Among the three membranes, SIPNIII with 75 wt% HEMA incorporation shows optimum performance in terms of flux and methanol selectivity. The permeability of the membranes was also found to increase with increase in HEMA content in PVOH matrix. The novelty of the work lies in synthesis and characterization of a new kind of membrane and its potential for selective removal of methanol from its mixtures with toluene.     

Pervaporation Separation of Water/Ethanol Mixtures through Polycarbonate/Cobalt(III) Acetylacetonate Membranes

ABSTRACT

In the present work, cobalt(III) acetylacetonate [Co(acac)₃] was added to polycarbonate (PC) to improve its performance on pervaporation separation of water/ethanol mixtures. By adding 3 wt% of Co(acac)₃ the resulting PC/Co(acac)₃ complex membrane possessed a permeation rate similar to a pure polycarbonate membrane, but the separation factor (water/ethanol) was about three times higher. The stability of the complex membrane was tested, and it was found that, after being immersed in an aqueous ethanol solution for 72 hours, the complex membrane was still stable. In addition, the effects of the added amount of Co(acac)₃ and the feed composition on pervaporation performance are presented in this work, and the mechanism of the improvement in pervaporation performance is briefly discussed.     

Pervaporation of Model Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol Fermentation Product Solutions Using Polytetrafluoroethylene Membranes

Abstract

A pervaporation apparatus was designed and tested in an effort to develop an integrated fermentation and product recovery process for acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation. A crossflow membrane module able to accommodate flat sheet hydrophobic membranes was used for the experiments. Permeate vapors were collected under vacuum and condensed in a dry ice/ethanol cold trap. The apparatus containing polytetrafluoroethylene membranes was tested using butanol-water and model solutions of ABE products. Parameters such as product concentration, component effect, temperature, and permeate side pressure were examined.     

Pervaporation and Dialysis of Water-Ethanol Solutions Using Silicone Rubber Membranes

Abstract

Ethanol-water solutions may be concentrated by pervaporation through silicone rubber and regenerated cellulose film. Using silicone, separation factors (SF) decrease as the ethanol concentration in the feed solution increases (SF = 6.5 using 12.9 w/w% ethanol and 1.4 using 83.2% ethanol at 30°C). The temperature effect on separation factors is negligible, but is appreciable on permeation rates.

Ethanol permeation rates in the dialysis mode are not linear with ethanol chemical potentials in solution; silicone swelling coefficients also increase noticeably with alcohol concentration in aqueous solutions, indicating that preferential ethanol sorption occurs and is responsible for the separation.     

Membrane Pervaporation: Separation of Organic/aqueous Mixtures

Abstract

The recovery of water-laden solvents by membrane pervaporation has become an industrially-accepted practice. A review of the technology is presented, along with discussion of the potential for removal of organics from water.     

POMS Membrane for Selective Separation of Ethanol from Dilute Alcohol-Aqueous Solutions by Pervaporation

Lignocellulosic biomass has potential as an alternative to corn as starting material for the production of ethanol for the development of non-fossil fuel energy sources. In this case, low concentration bioethanol is gained by yeast fermentation and it has to be efficiently recovered and concentrated. For this purpose pervaporation separation of dilute alcohol-aqueous solutions was carried out using a poly(octhylmethyl siloxane) [POMS] membrane. The effect of different process parameters (feed composition, feed temperature, feed flow rate, permeate pressure) on pervaporation performance were investigated and discussed in terms of the separation factor and the total flux. The membrane studied was ethanol to water selective at ethanol feed concentrations lower than 2.5% w/w, while the highest permeability was achieved at feed temperature of 95°C.     

Pervaporation Separation of Methanol-Carbontetrachloride Binary Mixtures Using Low Density Polyethylene Membranes

In this study, the pervaporation behaviour of azeotrope-forming methanol-carbontetrachloride binary mixture at different compositions was investigated at 30°C and 45°C through LDPE membranes with two different melt flow indices for two different thicknesses. Experimental fluxes and selectivities for methanol and carbontetrachloride were determined. Theoretical calculations for fluxes based on a solution-diffusion model as developed by Yeom and Huang using Fujita′s free volume approach and Flory-Huggins thermodynamics showed deviations from the experimental results. Experimental fluxes were decomposed into sorption and diffusion terms to discuss the effects of experimental conditions.     

芳烃/脂肪烃渗透汽化分离膜的研究进展

芳烃/脂肪烃分离是石油化工中重要的分离过程,渗透汽化膜分离技术是现有高能耗芳烃/脂肪烃分离过程的潜在技术。以调整石脑油的芳烃含量,生产“低苯汽油”或低芳烃含量的优质乙烯裂解原料为背景,论述了芳烃/脂肪烃混合物的渗透汽化分离膜的研究进展。     

Comparative Study of Separation of Acetonitrile from Aqueous Solutions by Pervaporation using Different Membranes

Pervaporation of acetonitrile-water mixtures was carried out using three commercial membranes, viz: polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF). The effects of feed concentration and feed temperature on the pervaporation performance, total and partial permeate fluxes, as well as acetonitrile selectivity, were investigated. It was found that increase in temperature yields higher total fluxes and lower selectivity for acetonitrile-water system. Changing concentration of acetonitrile in the range concerned leads to significant effect on total flux and selectivity. PDMS membrane was found to be most selective for acetonitrile separation. The total flux through the membranes was found to be in the order of PTFE > PVDF > PDMS, and the acetonitrile selectivity was found to be in the order of PDMS > PVDF > PTFE. The activation energies of water and acetonitrile associated with the permeation process for the PDMS, PTFE, and PVDF membranes were calculated to be in the ranges of 0.29–0.99, 0.6–0.87, 0.45–2.73 kJ/mol for acetonitrile and 1.23–1.95, 1.37–1.71, 1.16–3.37 kJ/mol for water at different concentrations, respectively.     

Experimental Study and Mass Transport Modeling of Ethanol Separation from Aqueous Solutions by Pervaporation

Abstract

Polydimethylsiloxane pervaporation membrane was employed to remove ethanol from aqueous solutions. The influences of feed flow rate, temperature, permeate-side pressure, and ethanol concentration on the membrane performance were investigated. The feed flow rate was shown to have no significant effect on either flux or ethanol selectivity whereas the feed concentration, temperature, and permeate-side pressure had highly significant effects. Sorption and desorption experiments were also performed to provide data for analysis of mass transport based on resistance-in-series model. The analysis of transport resistances revealed that the mass transport of the system was controlled by the transport resistance of components in the membrane active layer.     

A Silicon Microseparator based Pervaporation Process for Separation of Ethanol/Water Mixtures using a Polymer Membrane

Abstract

The selective removal of water from ethanol through pervaporation was demonstrated in a microchannel device using a commercial membrane. Photolithography and dry etching techniques were employed for fabrication of the microseparator with hydraulic diameters of 30 µm to 80 µm. Experiments conducted at 90°C and 2–3 Torr, with Reynolds Numbers ranging from 8 to 91, resulted in an average water and ethanol permeance of 1.2×10^?3 and 8×10^?5 cm³/cm² · s · cmHg respectively. A mass transfer analysis involving Sherwood correlations was used to calculate the theoretical boundary layer resistance. The comparison of overall mass transfer coefficient with the boundary layer coefficients suggests that the membrane was the dominant resistance for this system.     

交联壳聚糖渗透蒸发膜的制备及其在偏二甲肼/水体系分离中的应用

采用壳聚糖为原料,聚酯无纺布为支撑层,用戊二醛交联制备了高选择性、高通量的交联壳聚糖渗透蒸发复合膜.考察了料液浓度、料液温度、膜厚等对偏二甲肼/水体系分离性能的影响.结果表明:在料液温度为10℃,膜厚度为25 μm,进料液中偏二甲肼的质量分数为50％时,改性复合膜的分离因子最高达到5.25,渗透通量可达167 g/(m...     

Use of Sodium Alginate-Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) Membranes for Pervaporation Separation of Acetone/Water Mixtures

Pervaporative separation of acetone from water at a concentration range of 0–100 wt% were studied using sodium alginate (NaAlg)/Poly vinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) membranes. Membranes were prepared in different ratios (w/w) (100/0, 95/5, 90/10, 85/15, 80/20, 75/25) of NaAlg/PVP by crosslinking with CaCl₂. Experimental studies were carried out to investigate the effects of the operating temperature, feed composition, and membrane thickness on the pervaporation performance. The optimum operating temperature, membrane thickness, NaAlg/PVP ratio, and feed composition were determined as 40°C, 70 µm, 75/25 (w/w), and 20 wt% acetone, respectively. The effect of PVP content in the membranes was investigated on pervaporation performance. The permeation rate was increased with increasing the PVP content; however, there was no appreciable change about the separation factor. The permeation rate and separation factor values were found to be in the range of 0.304–1.023 kg/m² h and 16–57, respectively. In addition, the sorption-diffusion properties of the alginate membranes were investigated at the operating temperature and the feed composition. It was found that the sorption selectivity was the dominant factor for the separation of acetone/water mixtures.     

Separation of Liquid Mixtures by Pervaporation

Separation of various mixtures, especially liquid mixtures, is a very necessary unit operation in industry. A large number of such techniques are available, such as distillation, adsorption, liquid-liquid extraction, and fractional crystalization [l]. The development of this type of technology became necessary to effect separation of azeotropic liquid mixtures. For liquid mixtures having components with similar boiling ranges, however, such conventional separation techniques are energy intensive and add considerably to the cost of the final product. With the advent of the necessity of reducing the energy requirements of Unit options, membrane separation has been recognized as an alternative to the conventional methods.     

丙炔醇-丁炔二醇-水溶液的渗透汽化分离研究

用PDMS复合膜从实际的丙炔醇-丁炔二醇-水溶液中渗透汽化分离丙炔醇。实验证明,膜渗透汽化可以实现丙炔醇的选择性分离,对水的分离因子可达3.78;丁炔二醇被膜完全截留;丙炔醇通量对温度具有敏感性,通量随着温度的增加上升得很快,丙炔醇通量在25℃时为45.28g/(m2.h),在60℃时为243.24g/(m2.h),显示了PDMS膜从这个体系中分离丙炔醇具有某种优势;对实验数据进行线性回归,证明丙炔醇通量和温度的关系可以用Arrhenius公式表征。为工业上用PDMS膜渗透汽化分离提纯丙炔醇提供参考。