Membrane Dephlegmation: A hybrid membrane separation process for efficient ethanol recovery

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 381, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 226-236

  Haelssig, Jan B ^a   Tremblay, André Y ^a   Thibault, Jules ^a   Huang, Xian Meng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethanol water separation; NaA zeolite membranes; Pervaporation; Vapor liquid contacting; Wetted wall distillation

Indexed keywords

COUPLED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; DESIGN MODELS; ETHANOL-WATER; ETHANOL-WATER SEPARATION; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; FEED CONCENTRATION; FEED FLOW RATE; FITTING PARAMETERS; HYBRID MEMBRANE; HYBRID PROCESS; MODEL PARAMETERS; NAA ZEOLITE MEMBRANES; OPERATING CONDITION; PERMEATE PRESSURES; PERVAPORATION MEMBRANES; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; REFLUX RATIO; SEPARATION OF ETHANOL; SEPARATION PROCESS; VAPOR-LIQUID; WETTED-WALL DISTILLATION; ZEOLITE MEMBRANE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION; EVAPORATION; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; OPTIMIZATION; PERVAPORATION; SUGARS;

ETHANOL;

ALCOHOL; WATER; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISTILLATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLOW RATE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYBRID; MASS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE DEPHLEGMATION; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PERVAPORATION; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SIMULATION;

EID: 80052030266     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.07.035     Document Type: Article

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