Batch and continuous studies for ethyl lactate synthesis in a pervaporation membrane reactor

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 361, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 43-55

  Pereira, Carla S M ^a   Silva, Viviana M T M ^a   Pinho, Simão P ^b   Rodrigues, Alírio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Concentration polarization; Ethyl lactate; Non isothermal model; Pervaporation membrane reactor; Silica membrane; Temperature polarization

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; BIOREACTORS; EVAPORATION; ISOTHERMS; LACTIC ACID; MASS TRANSFER; PERVAPORATION; POLARIZATION; SILICA;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; ETHYL LACTATE; NON-ISOTHERMAL MODELS; PERVAPORATION MEMBRANES; SILICA MEMBRANE; TEMPERATURE POLARIZATION;

MEMBRANES;

ALCOHOL; LACTIC ACID; LACTIC ACID ETHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PERVAPORATION; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77955053217     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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