Pervaporation study on the dehydration of aqueous butanol solutions: A comparison of flux vs. permeance, separation factor vs. selectivity

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 199-210

  Guo, Wei Fen ^a   Chung, Tai Shung ^a   Matsuura, Takeshi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Butanol isomers; Dehydration; Flux vs. permeance; Pervaporation; Separation factor vs. selectivity

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; HYDROPHILIC MEMBRANES;

BUTANE; DEHYDRATION; HYDROPHILICITY; PERVAPORATION; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ISOMERS;

BUTANOL;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DEHYDRATION; LIQUID-LIQUID SEPARATION; PERVAPORATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DESICCATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HYDROPHILICITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOMERIZATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PERVAPORATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 7244233012     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2004.07.025     Document Type: Article

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