Concentrated emulsion pathway to novel composite polymeric membranes and their use in pervaporation

doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/ie00037a048

Title: Concentrated emulsion pathway to novel composite polymeric membranes and their use in pervaporation

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Pervaporation is becoming recognized as an energy-efficient alternative to distillation and other separation methods of liquid mixtures, especially in cases in which the traditional separation techniques are not efficient, such as the separation of azeotropic mixtures, close-boiling-point components, isomeric components, and recovery or removal of trace organic substances from aqueous solutions. Novel composite polymeric membranes have been prepared, using concentrated emulsions as precursors, and employed in the pervaporation of various liquid mixtures. In order to improve the stability of the concentrated emulsion, the hydrophilicity and/or the hydrophobicity of the phases involved must be increased by replacing them with their solutions in water and/or in a hydrocarbon, respectively. Another possibility of improving the stability is to increase the viscosity of the phases, by partial polymerization of one or both phases before preparing the concentrated emulsion. The emulsion gel was subsequently transformed into a polymer composite by polymerizing both phases. The dispersed phase should be selected to yield a hydrophobic (hydrophilic) polymer which is compatible with the components selected for separation and incompatible with the other components, while the continuous phase should be selected to yield a hydrophilic (hydrophobic) polymer which is incompatible with all of the components of the mixture, andmore »« less

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Ruckenstein, E; Sun, F ^[1]

State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Publication Date:: 1995-10-01

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 183018

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 34; Journal Issue: 10; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1995

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; MEMBRANES; FABRICATION; STABILIZATION; PRECURSOR; POLYMERIZATION; ETHANOL; DEHYDRATION; AROMATICS; ALKANES; ALCOHOLS; BINARY MIXTURES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY

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                    Ruckenstein, E, and Sun, F. Concentrated emulsion pathway to novel composite polymeric membranes and their use in pervaporation.  United States: N. p., 1995. 
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                    Ruckenstein, E, & Sun, F. Concentrated emulsion pathway to novel composite polymeric membranes and their use in pervaporation.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/ie00037a048

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        "Concentrated emulsion pathway to novel composite polymeric membranes and their use in pervaporation".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/ie00037a048.

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@article{osti_183018,

  title        = {Concentrated emulsion pathway to novel composite polymeric membranes and their use in pervaporation},

  author       = {Ruckenstein, E and Sun, F},

  abstractNote = {Pervaporation is becoming recognized as an energy-efficient alternative to distillation and other separation methods of liquid mixtures, especially in cases in which the traditional separation techniques are not efficient, such as the separation of azeotropic mixtures, close-boiling-point components, isomeric components, and recovery or removal of trace organic substances from aqueous solutions. Novel composite polymeric membranes have been prepared, using concentrated emulsions as precursors, and employed in the pervaporation of various liquid mixtures. In order to improve the stability of the concentrated emulsion, the hydrophilicity and/or the hydrophobicity of the phases involved must be increased by replacing them with their solutions in water and/or in a hydrocarbon, respectively. Another possibility of improving the stability is to increase the viscosity of the phases, by partial polymerization of one or both phases before preparing the concentrated emulsion. The emulsion gel was subsequently transformed into a polymer composite by polymerizing both phases. The dispersed phase should be selected to yield a hydrophobic (hydrophilic) polymer which is compatible with the components selected for separation and incompatible with the other components, while the continuous phase should be selected to yield a hydrophilic (hydrophobic) polymer which is incompatible with all of the components of the mixture, and thus it can ensure the integrity of the membrane. As examples, several composite polymeric membranes were designed, prepared, and employed in the separation by pervaporation of water-ethanol,aromatics-paraffinics, and aromatics-alcohol mixtures.},

  doi          = {10.1021/ie00037a048},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/183018},
  journal      = {Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research},
number       = 10,

  volume       = 34,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {1995},

  month        = {10}

}

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