RT Journal Article
T1 Study of the activation energy for transport of water and methanol through a Nafion membrane
A1 Godino Gómez, María Paz
A1 Barragán García, Vicenta María
A1 García Villaluenga, Juan Pedro
A1 Izquierdo Gil, María Amparo
A1 Seoane Rodríguez, Benjamín
A1 Ruiz Bauzá, Carlos
AB This study investigates the influence of different operating parameters in the transport of water and methanol through a Nafion membrane when it is used to separatewater fromamethanol–water solution. For this purpose, measurements of mass flux and concentration change have been performed at different values of circulation velocity, concentration of themethanol–water solutions and temperature conditions. From the experimental data, thewater and methanol partial fluxes have been estimated, and itwas found that the water flux is always lower than the methanol flux, but it cannot be neglected. Whereas total and methanol fluxes seem to have predictable and similar behaviors, the water flux seems to be less predictable and it exhibits a very distinct behavior.Methanol and water permeabilities have been calculated, and from these values the activation energy of methanol and water fluxes in the membrane has been estimated. The results have been discussed in terms of the methanol and water solubilities in the membrane.
PB Elsevier Science SA
SN 1385-8947
YR 2009
FD 2009-10-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43714
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43714
LA eng
NO © 2009 Elsevier B.V. The authors of this study gratefully acknowledge financial support from Comunidad de Madrid and Universidad Complutense deMadrid under Project CCG06-UCM/MAT-1037.
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 6 abr 2025