Sweeping Gas Membrane Distillation (SGMD) as an Alternative for Integration of Bioethanol Processing: Study on a Commercial Membrane and Operating Parameters

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 457-466

  Shirazi, Mohammad Mahdi A ^a   Kargari, Ali ^b   Tabatabaei, Meisam ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRAN ABRII   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ethanol water mixture; Morphology; Permeate flux; PTFE membrane; Sweeping gas membrane distillation (SGMD)

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; DISTILLATION; DISTILLERIES; ETHANOL; FLOW OF GASES; MORPHOLOGY; PERMEATION;

COMMERCIAL MEMBRANES; ETHANOL WATER MIXTURES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PERMEATE FLUX; POLARIZATION EFFECT; PTFE MEMBRANES; SEPARATION OF ETHANOL; SWEEPING GAS MEMBRANE DISTILLATION;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84908177106     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: 15635201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2013.848805     Document Type: Article

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