Numerical investigation of Membrane Dephlegmation: A hybrid pervaporation-distillation process for ethanol recovery

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 50, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1226-1236

  Haelssig, Jan B ^a   Thibault, Jules ^a   Tremblay, André Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distillation; Energy efficiency; Ethanol water separation, NaA zeolite membranes, Vapor liquid contacting; Pervaporation

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL CONCENTRATIONS; ETHANOL-WATER; ETHANOL-WATER SEPARATION; FEED CONCENTRATION; FEED FLOW RATE; GEOMETRIC VARIABLES; HYBRID PROCESS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PERMEATE PRESSURES; REFLUX RATIO; RENEWABLE FUELS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SEPARATION PROCESS;

DISTILLATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; EVAPORATION; FOSSIL FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; PERVAPORATION; SUGARS;

ETHANOL FUELS;

EID: 82755197801     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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