RT Journal Article
T1 Analysis of the membrane thickness effect on the pervaporation separation of methanol/methyl tertiary butyl ether mixtures
A1 García Villaluenga, Juan Pedro
A1 Khayet Souhaimi, Mohamed
A1 Godino Gómez, María Paz
A1 Seoane Rodríguez, Benjamín
A1 Mengual Cabezón, Juan Ignacio
AB The effect of the membrane thickness on the pervaporation separation of methanol and methyl tertiary butyl ether mixtures through membranes was studied. Membranes of a wide range of thicknesses were prepared from two different polymers: cellulose acetate and poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide). For each membrane, the experiments were performed at the same feed pressure, feed temperature and permeate pressure. The results showed that the permeate flux through both membrane types decreased markedly with increasing the membrane thickness, while the separation factor remained nearly constant. This behavior was discussed in terms of a resistance-in-series model.
PB Elsevier Science BV
SN 1383-5866
YR 2005
FD 2005-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50993
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50993
LA eng
NO © 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V. The authors acknowledge the financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (MCYT) through its project PPQ2003-03299. Thanks are due to Prof. T. Matsuura from the Industrial Membrane Research Institute (IMRI) for supplying PPO polymer.
NO Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (MCYT)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2025