We present a theoretical model for the evolution of mixture concentrations in a micro-pervaporation device, similar to those recently presented experimentally. The described device makes use of the pervaporation of water through a thin PDMS membrane to build up a solute concentration profile inside a long microfluidic channel. We simplify the evolution of this profile in binary mixtures to a on...

*Corresponding author: Sohail Rasool Lone Chemical Engineering Department, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-Uttarakhand, India, Tel:911332285 311; E-mail: lonesohail92@gmail.com Received June 15, 2015; Accepted June 30, 2015; Published July 10, 2015 Citation: Lone S, Ahmad SA, Kumar V (2015) Modeling and Simulation of a Hybrid Process (Pervaporation+Distillation) using MATLAB. J Chem Eng Process Technol 6:...

Pervaporation membrane reactors are ideal candidates to enhance conversion in reversible reactions generating water as a by-product. This equilibrium displacement can be enhanced through close integration of reaction and separation by way of catalytic membranes. In this research, catalytic hollow fibre pervaporation membranes for the close integration of reaction and separation will be develope...

This paper focuses on the effects of the addition of an ionic liquid, 1-Allyl-3-butylimidazilium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide ([ABIM]TFSI), which has a high affinity for benzene, into the poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) membrane on the pervaporation characteristics of the removal of benzene from aqueous solutions of dilute benzene. When aqueous solutions of 100～500 ppm benzene were permeated ...

The framework of non-equilibrium thermodynamics (NET) is used to derive heat and mass transport equations for pervaporation of a binary mixture in a membrane. In this study, the assumption of equilibrium of the sorbed phase in the membrane and the adjacent phases at the feed and permeate sides of the membrane is abandoned, defining the interface properties using local equilibrium. The transport...

A solution--diffusion model for the permeation of liquid mixtures through polymeric membranes taking into account coupling of fluxes has been developed. The model is applied to the separation by pervaporation of ethanol-water mixtures through cellulose acetate. In order to determine the activities of the permeating components in the polymeric membrane, values of polymer-liquid and liquid---liqu...

A mathematical model considering mass and momentum transfer was developed for simulation of ethanol dewatering via pervaporation process. The process involves removal of water from a water/ethanol liquid mixture using a dense polymeric membrane. The model domain was divided into two compartments including feed and membrane. For a description of water transport in ...

Pervaporation proved to be one of the best methods to remove solvents out of a solvent producing Clostridium acetobutylicum culture. By using an ionic liquid (IL)polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) ultrafiltration membrane (pore size 60 nm), we could guarantee high stability and selectivity during all measurements carried out at 37°C. Overall solvent productivity of fermentation connected with continuo...

Homogeneous membranes were prepared by blending poly (acrylic acid) with poly (vinyl alcohol). These blend membranes were evaluated for the selective separation of alcohols from toluene by pervaporation. The flux and selectivity of the membranes were determined both as a function of the blend composition and of the feed mixture composition. The results showed that a polymer blending method coul...

this paper focuses on the effects of the addition of an ionic liquid, 1-allyl-3-butylimidazilium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide ([abim]tfsi), which has a high affinity for benzene, into the poly(vinyl chloride) (pvc) membrane on the pervaporation characteristics of the removal of benzene from aqueous solutions of dilute benzene. when aqueous solutions of 100～500 ppm benzene were permeated ...