Pervaporation of binary water-alcohol and methanol-alcohol mixtures through microporous methylated silica membranes: Maxwell-Stefan modeling

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1775-1788

  Bettens, Ben ^a   Verhoef, Adrian ^a   van Veen, Henk M ^b   Vandecasteele, Carlo ^a   Degrève, Jan ^a   Van der Bruggen, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Maxwell Stefan; Microporous silica; Pervaporation; Vignes

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ALCOHOL MIXTURES; ALCOHOL MOLECULES; ETHANOL-WATER; FEED COMPOSITIONS; INTERACTION EFFECT; ISO-PROPANOLS; ISOPROPANOL-WATER; MAXWELL-STEFAN; MAXWELL-STEFAN MODELS; METHANOL MIXTURES; METHANOL TRANSPORT; MICRO-POROUS; MICROPOROUS SILICA; MICROPOROUS SILICA MEMBRANES; MUTUAL DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; POLAR COMPONENTS; PURE COMPONENTS; PURE WATER; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; SILICA MEMBRANE; VIGNES;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; ETHANOL; EVAPORATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METHANOL; MICROPOROSITY; PERVAPORATION; SILICA;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 77954213755     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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