The Chatham demonstration: From design to operation of a 20 m3/d membrane-based ethanol dewatering system

Desalination

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1060-1066

  Côté, Pierre ^a   Noël, Gaétan ^a   Moore, Steve ^a  

^a Vaperma   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Dehydration; Dewatering; Ethanol; Membrane; Refining; Vapor permeation

Indexed keywords

COLUMN OUTLET; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; DEWATERING SYSTEMS; ENERGY REDUCTION; ETHANOL PLANTS; FUEL ETHANOL; GREENFIELD; MEMBRANE MODULE; MEMBRANE PROCESS; MEMBRANE SYSTEM; ONTARIO , CANADA; PHASE CHANGE; REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SCALE-UP; SINGLE PASS; SINGLE STAGE SYSTEM; TWO STAGE; VAPOR PERMEATION; VAPOR PHASE;

BEVERAGES; DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; PERMEATION; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; REFINING; VAPORS;

ETHANOL;

BIOFUEL; DEHYDRATION; DESIGN; DEWATERING; DISTILLATION; ENERGY USE; ETHANOL; MEMBRANE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 71549119191     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.09.108     Document Type: Article

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