A high performance membrane for sorption and pervaporation separation of ethyl tert-butyl ether and ethanol mixtures

doi:https://doi.org/10.1081/SS-100100657

Title: A high performance membrane for sorption and pervaporation separation of ethyl tert-butyl ether and ethanol mixtures

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A new kind of membrane was prepared by blending 5 wt% poly(1-vinylpyrrolidone-co-acrylic acid) with cellulose acetate propionate for the separation of ethyl tert-butyl ether and ethanol mixtures. The membrane properties were evaluated by pervaporation and sorption of mixtures of ethyl tert-butyl ether/ethanol. The experimental results show that the selectivity and the fluxes of this membrane depend upon the feed composition and upon the temperature. The minimum values of ethanol concentration in the permeate and in the sorption solution were obtained in the vicinity of the azeotropic point. Compared with the pure CAP membrane, the new membrane shows high performance for the separation of ETBE and EtOH mixtures, especially under high temperature conditions.

Authors:

Luo, G S ^[1]; Niang, M; Schaetzel, P ^[2]

Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
IUT, Caen (France). Genie Chimique

Publication Date:: 1999-02-01

OSTI Identifier:: 324002

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Separation Science and Technology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 34; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1999

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 10 SYNTHETIC FUELS; ETHERS; FUEL ADDITIVES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; ETHANOL; SEPARATION PROCESSES; MEMBRANES; PERFORMANCE; SORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA

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                    Luo, G S, Niang, M, and Schaetzel, P. A high performance membrane for sorption and pervaporation separation of ethyl tert-butyl ether and ethanol mixtures.  United States: N. p., 1999. 
        Web.  doi:10.1081/SS-100100657.

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                    Luo, G S, Niang, M, & Schaetzel, P. A high performance membrane for sorption and pervaporation separation of ethyl tert-butyl ether and ethanol mixtures.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1081/SS-100100657

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                    Luo, G S, Niang, M, and Schaetzel, P. Mon .  
        "A high performance membrane for sorption and pervaporation separation of ethyl tert-butyl ether and ethanol mixtures".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1081/SS-100100657.

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@article{osti_324002,

  title        = {A high performance membrane for sorption and pervaporation separation of ethyl tert-butyl ether and ethanol mixtures},

  author       = {Luo, G S and Niang, M and Schaetzel, P},

  abstractNote = {A new kind of membrane was prepared by blending 5 wt% poly(1-vinylpyrrolidone-co-acrylic acid) with cellulose acetate propionate for the separation of ethyl tert-butyl ether and ethanol mixtures. The membrane properties were evaluated by pervaporation and sorption of mixtures of ethyl tert-butyl ether/ethanol. The experimental results show that the selectivity and the fluxes of this membrane depend upon the feed composition and upon the temperature. The minimum values of ethanol concentration in the permeate and in the sorption solution were obtained in the vicinity of the azeotropic point. Compared with the pure CAP membrane, the new membrane shows high performance for the separation of ETBE and EtOH mixtures, especially under high temperature conditions.},

  doi          = {10.1081/SS-100100657},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/324002},
  journal      = {Separation Science and Technology},
number       = 3,

  volume       = 34,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {1999},

  month        = {2}

}

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