Separation of Methanol/Water Mixtures from Dilute Aqueous Solutions Using Pervaporation Technique

Verawat Champreda; David Stuckey; Apichat Boontawan

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.550-553.3004

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Separation of Methanol/Water Mixtures from Dilute Aqueous Solutions Using Pervaporation Technique

Abstract:

The composite polydimethylsiloxane PERVAPTM 4060 was used for separation of methanol/water solutions by using pervaporation technique. The effect of feed concentration, feed temperature, and feed flow rate were investigated for the separation performance. The experimental data showed that increasing of the feed methanol concentration from 0.5 to 10 wt% resulted in an increase in total permeation flux up for to 35 % whilst the separation factor (α) decreased by 85%. The results also showed that increasing operating temperature from 40 to 60 °C caused an increases in methanol permeance up to 130%.