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Pervaporation of n-Butanol/water Mixture through Organophilic ZSM-5 Zeolite Membrane

소수성 ZSM-5 제올라이트 분리막을 이용한 n-부탄올/물 혼합물의 투과증발

  • Cho, Moon-Hee (Dept. of Chem. Eng., College of Eng., Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kong, Chang-In (Dept. of Chem. Eng., College of Eng., Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Yong-Taek (Dept. of Chem. Eng., College of Eng., Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2011.09.02
  • Accepted : 2011.11.04
  • Published : 2011.12.20
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Abstract

Organophilic ZSM-5 membrane was synthesized on the inside of a porous stainless steel support by a hydrothermal secondary growth with seed crystals. They are used to separate n-butanol from its aqueous solution. Pervaporation characteristics such as a permeation flux and a separation factor are investigated as a function of the feed concentration and the operating temperature. The concentration of n-butanol was changed from 0.001 mole fraction to 0.015 mole fraction with an interval of 0.005 mole fraction; the operating temperature was controlled to be 25C, $35^{\circ}C$ and $45^{\circ}C$. When the operating temperature was $45^{\circ}C$, the flux of n-butanol significantly increased from 2 to $27g/m^2/hr$ as the mole fraction of n-butanol in the feed side increased from 0.001 to 0.015. Consequently, the concentration of n-butanol in the permeate substantially increased from 0.0016 to 0.052 mole fraction. When the feed concentration was 0.015, the flux of n-butanol significantly increased from 13 to $27g/m^2/hr$ as the operating temperature increased from $25^{\circ}C$ to $45^{\circ}C$. As a result, the concentration of n-butanol in the permeate also increased from 0.045 to 0.052 mole fraction.

소수성 ZSM-5 분리막을 결정성장핵의 수열합성 2차 성장법으로 다공성 스테인레스 스틸 지지체의 안쪽에 합성하였으며, 이렇게 제조한 분리막을 이용하여 n-부탄올 수용액으로부터 n-부탄올을 선택적으로 분리하였다. 공급 수용액의 농도 변화 및 운전 온도의 변화에 따른 투과증발 특성을 관찰하였다. 공급 수용액 내의 n-부탄올 농도를 각각 0.001, 0.005, 0.01 그리고 0.015 몰분율로, 운전 온도는 25C, $35^{\circ}C$ 그리고 $45^{\circ}C$로 바꾸면서 실험하였다. 운전 온도가 $45^{\circ}C$인 실험조건에서 공급측 n-부탄올의 몰분율이 0.001에서 0.015로 증가함에 따라 n-부탄올의 플럭스는 약 $2g/m^2/hr$ 에서 $27g/m^2/hr$ 로 크게 증가하였다. 이 결과로 투과물 내의 n-부탄올의 농도가 0.0016 몰분율에서 0.052 몰분율로 상당히 증가함을 알 수 있었다. 공급 농도가 0.015인 상태에서 운전 온도가 $25^{\circ}C$에서 $45^{\circ}C$로 증가함에 따라 n-부탄올의 플럭스는 약 $13g/m^2/hr$ 에서 $27g/m^2/hr$ 로 크게 증가하였으며, 투과물 내의 n-부탄올 농도도 따라서 0.045에서 0.052로 증가함을 관찰할 수 있었다.

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