Journal
SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
Volume 118, Issue -, Pages 73-80Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2013.06.034
Keywords
Pervaporation; PVA; Composite; Silica particles; Ethanol-dehydration
Categories
Funding
- Science Foundation Ireland
- CRANN research grant
- EU
- LAMAND [245565]
- EPA (Ireland) STRIVE project
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Spherical, discreet, size-monodisperse mesoporous silica particles of 1.8-2 mu m diameter, with pore diameters of similar to 1.8 nm were incorporated into a poly (vinyl alcohol) [PVA] polymer to produce composite pervaporation membranes. The selective membrane layers were cast on polyacrylonitrile [PAN]/non-woven fabric supports. The inclusion of particulate silica had beneficial effects on pervaporation performance for the dehydration of ethanol, improving flux throughout the composition range studied, as well as increasing selectivity in all but the highest silica content samples. The unique pervaporation in mesoporous membranes is discussed in terms of polarity and solubility data. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available