Permeation equations developed for prediction of membrane performance in pervaporation, vapor permeation and reverse osmosis based on the solution-diffusion model.

Application of Pervaporation and Vapor Permeation in Environmental Protection

A review concerning pervaporation and vapor permeation membrane separation techniques used to separate liquid mixtures, is presented. Examples of polymers for membrane preparation as well as performance parameters of pervaporation and vapor permeation membranes are described. The second part of the paper presents applications of pervaporation and vapor permeation in environmental protection. At...

Effect of Organoclay on the Performance of Reverse Osmosis Membrane

This study investigated the effect of Cloisite15A (C15A) organoclay in the substrate layer on the performance of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes. The substrate of the RO membranes was modified using different loading of C15A (ranging from 0.3 - 0.7 wt%) within polysulfone (PSf) substrate and the polyamide (PA) selective layer was formed on the top. Effect of the modified substrate layer on the w...

The Effect of Osmotic Dehydration on Reverse Osmosis Membrane Performance

Akin type (asymmetric) reverse osmosis membranes undergo an irreversible osmotic dehydration upon coming into contact (skin side) with salt solutions. The extent of consequent changes (in appearance; decrease in linear dimension, water flux and salt rejection) are dependent on the salt concentration. These observations are correlated with the expected morphological changes taking place duri...

the effect of osmotic dehydration on reverse osmosis membrane performance

akin type (asymmetric) reverse osmosis membranes undergo an irreversible osmotic dehydration upon coming into contact (skin side) with salt solutions. the extent of consequent changes (in appearance; decrease in linear dimension, water flux and salt rejection) are dependent on the salt concentration. these observations are correlated with the expected morphological changes taking place during d...

Using PERVAP 2201 Membrane in Vapor Permeation Facilitated Isopropyl Propionate Production through Esterification Reaction