Pervaporation membranes for biobutanol production

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 546-560

  Liu, Gongping ^a   Wei, Wang ^a   Jin, Wanqin ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Butanol; Dehydration; Hydrophilic membrane; Organophilic membrane; Pervaporation; Recovery

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; DEHYDRATION; EVAPORATION; FERMENTATION; HYDROPHILICITY; PERVAPORATION; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; RECOVERY;

FERMENTATION BROTHS; HYDROPHILIC MEMBRANES; INORGANIC MEMBRANES; ORGANOPHILIC; PERVAPORATION MEMBRANES; PERVAPORATION PERFORMANCE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84897999120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc400372d     Document Type: Review

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