Preferential adsorption and selective permeation of alcohol/hydrocarbon mixtures in reverse osmosis

Conference · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Sep. Sci. Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5995940

Farnand, B A; Sawatzky, H

In binary mixtures of alcohols and hydrocarbons there are two types of reverse osmosis performances. These are selective permeation of the alcohol and selective permeation of the hydrocarbon. Liquid chromatography results have been used to predict the selective permeation of reverse osmosis membranes where the membranes may be difficult to fabricate as well as to determine performance limits in terms of separation. These results are or interest for the production of oxygenated fuel blending agents where specifications require the removal of unreacted methanol for further processing and distillation is not viable.

• Research Organization: CANMET Energy Research Labs., Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)
• OSTI ID: 5995940
• Report Number(s): CONF-871038-
• Journal Information: Sep. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Vol. 23:12,13; Conference: 5. symposium on separation science and technology for energy applications, Knoxville, TN, USA, 26 Oct 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
02 PETROLEUM
ALCOHOLS
ADSORPTION
FUEL ADDITIVES
PRODUCTION
HYDROCARBONS
BINARY MIXTURES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
OSMOSIS
ADDITIVES
DATA
DIFFUSION
DISPERSIONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
MIXTURES
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
SORPTION
400105* - Separation Procedures
020400 - Petroleum- Processing