The aim of this work is to illustrate the structural and parametric optimization of continuous hybrid distillation-pervaporation process with different configurations such as series, parallel, and series-parallel arrangement of pervaporation modules in the pervaporation network, and to propose a generalized methodology for difficult separations. A superstructure representation of hybrid process...

Recovery of ammonia (NH3) from residual waters offers various reuse opportunities, such as the production fertilisers and generation electricity heat. However, simultaneous evaporation water (H2O) during NH3 stripping under vacuum results in diluted recovered gas with high H2O contents. Whereas porous gas-permeable membranes are already used for stripping, use non-porous silica-based pervaporat...

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A zeolite NaA (LTA) membrane supported by an alumina porous support tube was characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared Attenuated Total Reflectance method (FTIR-ATR) with a diamond prism as the waveguide. A method using the FTIR-ATR was developed to estimate rapidly the EtOH/H2O pervaporation (PV) performance of the membrane. The Si-O asymmetric stretching vibration region of LTA membrane spe...

Molecular sieving MFI-type zeolite membranes were prepared by a secondary growth method without using an organic template. Silicalite membranes with intercrystalline pores minimized or eliminated were obtained by this synthesis method which avoids the template removal step. The silicalite membrane exhibits molecular sieving characteristics with pervaporation separation factor for p-xylene to o-...

Pervaporation in a microfluidic device is performed on liquid ternary solutions of hydrogen peroxide-water-methanol in order to concentrate hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) by removing methanol. The quantitative analysis of the pervaporation of solutions with different initial compositions is performed, varying the operating temperature of the microfluidic device. Experimental results together with a m...

Mass transfer phenomenon that occurs in the pervaporation process when applied to the microemulsion breakdown, was confirmed by the results of inverse gas chromatography. The stationary phase for this study was polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), a hydrophobic polymer employed as a membrane in the pervaporation technique. The retention times of the different molecule probes (toluene, cyclohexane, and ...

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...

In this study, the behaviour of a continuous membrane bioreactor with in situ removal of product ethanol by pervaporation and cell recycle has been investigated. The kinetic model used is an unstructured growth model taking into account product as well as substrate inhibition and the product formation rate is represented by the Leudeking-Piret model. The effect of pervaporation on the performan...

As part of a Department of Defense project, the US Environmental Protection Agency was responsible for designing, building and field operating a pilot-scale pervaporation unit. The field site was an active dry cleaning facility on the grounds of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC. The overall goal of the project was to remove tetrachloroethylene (PCE) from the soil beneath the d...