Triethylene Glycol Dehydration by Thermopervaporation

Abstract:

A wide range of membranes (hydrophobic and hydrophilic) for the task of triethylene glycol dehydration by thermopervaporation was studied. The transport characteristics of the membranes using individual liquids (water, triethylene glycol) were determined in the thermopervaporation process with varying temperature of the feed flux (40-). The maximum water flux (3.7 kg/m²∙h) in all the studied temperature ranges was demonstrated by the commercial pervaporation hydrophobic PolyAn membrane. For the commercial hydrophilic membrane MDK-I water flux at 80 °С was 2.8 kg/m²∙h. During thermopervaporation of triethylene glycol in the studied temperature range, TEG flux through the membranes was not observed, which shows the advantage of this process for TEG dehydration. For the first time, experiments were provided using PolyAn membranes to removal water from TEG by thermopervaporation with porous condenser. The maximum permeate flux (1.9 kg/m²∙h) was achieved for the PolyAn membrane at a concentration of 70 % wt. TEG in water

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 869)
• Pages: 182-189
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.869.182
• Online since: October 2020
• Authors: Georgiy S. Golubev*, Ivan A. Podtynnikov, Alexey V. Balynin, Ilya L. Borisov
• Keywords: Commercial Membranes, Dehydration, PDMS, Porous Condenser, PTMSP, Thermopervaporation, Triethylene Glycol

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