High flux composite PTMSP-silica nanohybrid membranes for the pervaporation of ethanol/water mixtures

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 160-167

  Claes, S ^a,b   Vandezande, P ^a   Mullens, S ^a   Leysen, R ^a   De Sitter, K ^a   Andersson, A ^c   Maurer, F H J ^c   Van den Rul, H ^b   Peeters, R ^d   Van Bael, M K ^b  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d PHL University College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

High flux composite membranes; Organophilic pervaporation; PTMSP; Silica filled nanohybrid membranes; Water ethanol separation

Indexed keywords

HIGH FLUX; HIGH FLUX COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; NANOHYBRIDS; ORGANOPHILIC; PTMSP;

EVAPORATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; MIXTURES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PERVAPORATION; SILICA; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

ALCOHOL; POLY(1 TRIMETHYLSILYL 1 PROPYNE); POLYACRYLONITRILE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PERVAPORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 77649188969     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.01.043     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Smitha B., Suhanya D., Sridhar S., and Ramakrishna M. Separation of organic-organic mixtures by pervaporation-a review. J. Membr. Sci. 241 (2004) 1-21
2. Lipnizki F., Hausmanns S., Ten P.K., Field R.W., and Laufenberg G. Organophilic pervaporation: prospects and performance. Chem. Eng. J. 73 (1999) 113-129
3. Vane L.M., Hitchens L., Alvarez F.R., and Giroux E.L. Field demonstration of pervaporation for the separation of volatile organic compounds from a surfactant-based soil remediation fluid. J. Hazard. Mater. 81 (2001) 141-166
4. Huang H.J., Ramaswamy S., Tschirner U.W., and Ramarao B.V. A review of separation technologies in current and future biorefineries. Sep. Purif. Technol. 62 (2008) 1-21
5. Willemsen J.H.A., Dijkink B.H., and Togtema A. Organophilic pervaporation for aroma isolation-industrial and commercial prospects. Membr. Technol. 2 (2004) 5-10
6. Arifeen N., Wang R., Kookos I.K., Webb C., and Koutinas A.A. Process design and optimization of novel wheat-based continuous bioethanol production system. Biotechnol. Prog. 23 (2007) 1394-1403
7. Vane L.M. A review of pervaporation for product recovery from biomass fermentation processes. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 80 (2005) 603-629
8. Verhoef A., Figoli A., Leen B., Bettens B., Drioli E., and Van der Bruggen B. Performance of a nanofiltration membrane for removal of ethanol from aqueous solutions by pervaporation. Sep. Purif. Technol. 60 (2008) 54-63
9. Qureshi N., and Blaschek H.P. Butanol recovery from model solution/fermentation broth by pervaporation: evaluation of membrane performance. Biomass Bioenergy 17 (1999) 175-184
10. Meuleman E.E.B., Willemsen J.H.A., Mulder M.H.V., and Strathmann H. EPDM as a selective membrane material in pervaporation. J. Membr. Sci. 188 (2001) 235-249
11. Bai Y., Qian J., Zhang C., An Q., and Chen H. Cross-linked HTPB-based polyurethaneurea membranes for recovery of ethyl acetate from aqueous solution by pervaporation. J. Membr. Sci. 325 (2008) 932-939
12. Gu J., Shi X., Bai Y., Zhang H., Zhang L., and Huang H. Silicalite-filled polyether-block-amides membranes for recovering ethanol from aqueous solution by pervaporation. Chem. Eng. Technol. 32 (2009) 155-160
13. López-Dehesa C., González-Marcos J.A., and González-Velasco J.R. Pervaporation of 50 wt% ethanol-water mixtures with poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) membranes at high temperatures. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 103 (2007) 2843-2848
14. González-Marcos J.A., López-Dehesa C., and González-Velasco J.R. Effect of operation conditions in the pervaporation of ethanol-water mixtures with poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) membranes. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 94 (2004) 1395-1403
15. Volkov V.V., Fadeev A.G., Khotimsky V.S., Litvinova E.G., Selinskaya Y.A., McMillan J.D., and Kelley S.S. Effects of synthesis conditions on the pervaporation properties of poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propyne] useful for membrane bioreactors. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 91 (2004) 2271-2277
16. Fadeev A.G., Kelley S.S., McMillan J.D., Selinskaya Y.A., Khotimsky V.S., and Volkov V.V. Effect of yeast fermentation by-products on poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propyne] pervaporative performance. J. Membr. Sci. 214 (2003) 229-238
17. González-Velasco J.R., López-Dehesa C., and González-Marcos J.A. Pervaporation performance of PTMSP membranes at high temperatures. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 90 (2003) 2255-2259
18. González-Velasco J.R., González-Marcos J.A., and López-Dehesa C. Pervaporation of ethanol-water mixtures through poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) (PTMSP) membranes. Desalination 149 (2002) 64-65
19. Ulutan S., and Nakagawa T. Separability of ethanol and water mixtures through PTMSP-silica membranes in pervaporation. J. Membr. Sci. 143 (1998) 275-284
20. Masuda T., Takatsuka M., Tang B.Z., and Higashimura T. Pervaporation of organic liquid-water mixtures through substituted polyacetylene membranes. J. Membr. Sci. 49 (1990) 69-83
21. Masuda T., Isobe E., Higashimura T., and Takada K. Poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propyne]-a new high polymer synthesized with transition-metal catalysts and characterized by extremely high gas-permeability. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 105 (1983) 7473-7474
22. De Sitter K., Andersson A., D'Haen J., Leysen R., Mullens S., Maurer F.H.J., and Vankelecom I.F.J. Silica filled poly(4-methyl-2-pentyne) nanocomposite membranes: similarities and differences with poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne)-silica systems. J. Membr. Sci. 321 (2008) 284-292
23. Kelman S.D., Raharjo R.D., Bielawski C.W., and Freeman B.D. The influence of crosslinking and fumed silica nanoparticles on mixed gas transport properties of poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propyne]. Polymer 49 (2008) 3029-3041
24. Kelman S.D., Matteucci S., Bielawski C.W., and Freeman B.D. Crosslinking poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) and its effect on solvent resistance and transport properties. Polymer 48 (2007) 6881-6892
25. De Sitter K., Winberg P., D'Haen J., Dotremont C., Leysen R., Martens J.A., Mullens S., Maurer F.H.J., and Vankelecom I.F.J. Silica filled poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) nanocomposite membranes: relation between the transport of gases and structural characteristics. J. Membr. Sci. 278 (2006) 83-91
26. Winberg P., De Sitter K., Dotremont C., Mullens S., Vankelecom I.F.J., and Maurer F.H.J. Free volume and interstitial mesopores in silica filled poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) nanocomposites. Macromolecules 38 (2005) 3776-3782
27. Gomes D., Nunes S.P., and Peinemann K.V. Membranes for gas separation based on poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne)-silica nanocomposites. J. Membr. Sci. 246 (2005) 13-25
28. Volkov A.V., Parashchuk V.V., Stamatialis D.F., Khotimsky V.S., Volkov V.V., and Wessling M. High permeable PTMSP/PAN composite membranes for solvent nanofiltration. J. Membr. Sci. 333 (2009) 88-93
29. Volkov A.V., Stamatialis D.F., Khotimsky V.S., Volkov V.V., Wessling M., and Platé N.A. Poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propyne] as a solvent resistance nanofiltration membrane material. J. Membr. Sci. 281 (2006) 351-357
30. Aerts P., Genné I., Leysen R., Jacobs P.A., and Vankelecom I.F.J. The role of the nature of the casting substrate on the properties of membranes prepared by immersion precipitation. J. Membr. Sci. 283 (2006) 320-327
31. CHARMME Network, Harmonization of characterization methodologies for porous membranes, EC Contract SMT4-CT 98-7518, 2001.
32. Mullens S., Luyten J., and Zeschky J. Characterization of structure and morphology. In: Sheffler M., and Colombo P. (Eds). Cellular Ceramics (2005), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 27-263
33. Fouad E.A., and Feng X. Use of pervaporation to separate butanol from dilute aqueous solutions: effects of operating conditions and concentration polarization. J. Membr. Sci. 323 (2008) 428-435