Membrane assisted processing of acetone, butanol, and ethanol (ABE) aqueous streams
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Keywords
Hydrophobic and hydrophilic pervaporation
ABE - acetone, butanol, ethanol
Recovery of ABE from aqueous mixtures
Dehydration of ABE aqueous mixture
Liquid-liquid phase separation
Abbreviations
A
membrane area [m2]
ABE
acetone-butanol-ethanol
AcO
acetone
BuOH
butanol
EtOH
ethanol
Ji
permeate flux of component i [g m−2 h−1]
Jt
total permeate flux [g m−2 h−1]
m
mass of permeate collected over given period of time
MD
membrane distillation
MF
microfiltration
PDMS
poly(dimethylsiloxane)
PEBA
poly(ether block amide)
PMS
poly(methylsilane)
PTMSP
poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propyne]
PV
pervaporation
PVA
poly(vinyl alcohol)
S
selectivity [-]
TPV
thermopervaporation
UF
ultrafiltration
Yi
weight fraction of component i in permeate [-]
β
separation factor [-]
Δmi
mas of permeate [g]
Δt
time of the permeate collection [h]
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