Investigation of Ionic Liquids for the Separation of Butanol and Water
| Autor: | S. E. Davis, S. A. Morton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
Process Chemistry and Technology General Chemical Engineering Butanol Fossil fuel Extraction (chemistry) Filtration and Separation General Chemistry Pulp and paper industry chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Scientific method Ionic liquid Petroleum Organic chemistry Fermentation Solubility business |
| Zdroj: | Separation Science and Technology. 43:2460-2472 |
| ISSN: | 1520-5754 0149-6395 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01496390802122089 |
| Popis: | With the continual rise in the cost of fossil fuel based energy, research into economic and sustainable alternatives is of increasing importance. One significant source of increased cost and demand is the consumption of fossil fuels for automotive fuels. While ethanol has received the most attention as a fuel additive; butanol could be a better direct fuel alternative owing to its physical properties and energy value when compared to ethanol. Commercial butanol is nearly exclusively produced from petroleum feedstocks currently; however, some recent interest has begun to refocus on its generation via fermentation. Unfortunately, this production is limited due to the nature of the process and the use of energy-intensive separation techniques. Ionic liquids are novel green solvents that have the potential to be employed as an extraction agent to remove butanol from the aqueous fermentation media. A hurdle to this potential is the limited availability of solubility data for ionic liquids. This resear... |
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