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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2011.49.5.560

Modeling of a Pervaporation Process for Concentrating Hydrogen Peroxide  

Nguyen, Huu Hieu (School of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
Lee, Sung Taek (School of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
Choi, Soo Hyoung (School of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.49, no.5, 2011 , pp. 560-564 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objective of this study is to propose a mathematical model for a pervaporation process for concentrating hydrogen peroxide. The process was developed by NASA, which consists of a shell and membrane tubes, where a liquid hydrogen peroxide solution flows in the shell, and a sweep gas flows in the tubes countercurrent to each other. The liquid retentate is concentrated as more water molecules permeate and evaporate through the membrane than hydrogen peroxide. For this process, a mathematical model has been developed in the form of a system of nonlinear partial differential algebraic equations based on a sorption-diffusion mechanism for permeation, an Arrhenius relationship for the temperature dependency of the permeate flux, and mass and momentum balances for the liquid concentrations and flows in the membrane module. The dynamic behavior of the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in the retentate side has been simulated by solving a simplified version of the proposed model, and the result is compared with the experimental data reported in the NASA patent.
Keywords
Modeling; Pervaporation Process; Concentrating; Hydrogen Peroxide; Membrane;
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