Pervaporation Separation of Methanol from Methanol-t-Amyl Methyl Ether Mixture by Polyion Complex Membrane

Autor: Teruyuki Masawaki, Phan Do Hung, Setsuji Tone
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN. 31:484-487
ISSN: 1881-1299
0021-9592
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.31.484
Popis: Pervaporation separation of methanol (MeOH) from methanol-t-amyl methyl ether (TAME) mixtures is carried out using polyion complex (PIC) hollow fiber membrane. The sorption experiment is performed to observe the equilibrium relations between solute concentrations in the solution and in the membrane phase. With increasing MeOH weight fraction in the feed solution, the permeation flux of MeOH increases, but that of TAME remains almost constant. Considering the swelling effect by MeOH component, the flux model is described using diffusion coefficients dependent on MeOH concentration in the membrane and it can be successfully fitted to experimental data. The separation factor of MeOH ranges from 12 to 73, and decreases with increasing MeOH weight fraction in the feed solution.
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