Pervaporation

About: Pervaporation is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 6140 publications have been published within this topic receiving 164965 citations.

Liquid Separation by Membrane Pervaporation: A Review

Abstract: Pervaporation is one of the most active areas in membrane research, and the pervaporation process has been shown to be an indispensable component for chemical separations. In this paper, the recent development in pervaporation membranes and pervaporation processes is reviewed, and some outstanding questions involved in membrane pervaporation are discussed with emphasis on the following issues: mass transport in the membrane, membrane material selection, concentration polarization in the boundary layer, pressure buildup in hollow fiber membranes, asymmetric and composite membranes, and the activation energy for permeation. We attempt to provide insight into this dynamic field and to highlight some of the outstanding problems yet to be solved or clarified.

Solution-Processed, Organophilic Membrane Derived from a Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity

Abstract: A polymer with a rigid, randomly contorted molecular structure (see Figure), incorporating fused rings connected by spiro-centres, may be precipitated or cast from solution to give microporous powders and membranes stable up to temperatures of 350 °C, with apparent surface areas > 600 m2 g–1. Organophilic membranes may be formed, as demonstrated by the separation of phenol from water by pervaporation.

A review of pervaporation for product recovery from biomass fermentation processes

Abstract: Although several separation technologies are technically capable of removing volatile products from fermentation broths, distillation remains the dominant technology. This is especially true for the recovery of biofuels such as ethanol. In this paper, the status of an emerging membrane-based technology, called pervaporation, for this application is reviewed. Several issues and research priorities which will impact the ability of pervaporation to be competitive for biofuel recovery from fermentation systems are identified and discussed. They include: increased energy efficiency; reduction of capital cost for pervaporation systems; longer term trials with actual fermentation broths; optimized integration of pervaporation with fermentor; synergy of performing both alcohol recovery and solvent dehydration by pervaporation with dephlegmation fractional condensation technology; and updated economic analyses of pervaporation at various biofuel production scales. Pervaporation is currently viable for biofuel recovery in a number of situations, but more widespread application will be possible when progress has been made on these issues. Published in 2005 for SCI by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.