Pervaporation Separation of Binary Organic-Aqueous Liquid Mixtures

  • Rhim, Ji-Won (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) ;
  • Huang, Robert Y.M. (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)
  • Published : 1991.10.01

Abstract

A novel membrane separation process for the separation of liquid mixture is Pervaporation. The term, 'pervaporation', is a combination of permeation and evaporation, and was first introduced by kober[1] in 1917. In this technique, the liquid mixture in feed is in contact with one side of a dense non-porous membrane and after diffusing through the membrane is removed from the downstream side in the vapor phase, but is usually condensed afterwards to obtain a permeate in liquid from.

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