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Title: Modeling of multicomponent pervaporation for removal of volatile organic compounds from water

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6707586

A resistance-in-series model was used to study the pervaporation of multiple volatile organic compounds (VOCs)-water mixtures. Permeation experiments were carried out for four membranes and three VOCs. The membrane permeability were calculated in terms of the resistance-in-series model. The membrane performances were then compared with each other based on the permeabilities. Both organic and water permeabilities of polyether-block-polyamides (PEBA) membrane for one VOC-water, two VOC-water, and three VOC-water mixtures were found to be comparable with each other.

Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (United States). Risk Reduction Engineering Lab.
OSTI ID:
6707586
Report Number(s):
PB-95-137329/XAB; EPA-600/J-94/470
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Pub. in Jnl. of Membrane Science 93, 1-19(1994)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English