| Title: |
Characterisation and Pervaporation Study on Ethanol Separation Membranes |
| Authors: |
Duke, Mikel; Campbell, Ruby; Cheng, Xu; Leo, A; Diniz da Costa, J. C |
| Publisher Information: |
Taylor and Francis |
| Publication Year: |
2009 |
| Collection: |
Victoria University Melbourne: VU Eprint Repository |
| Subject Terms: |
Institute for Sustainability and Innovation (ISI); 0904 Chemical Engineering; 9004 Water and Waste Services; ResPubID17069; alumina membranes; ethanol dewatering; molecular sieving; renewable energy |
| Description: |
Inorganic membranes have many advantages for dehydration of azeotropic mixtures of ethanol and water for renewable fuel purposes. In this work, we developed an inorganic membrane from c-alumina and tested it for its ability to selectively permeate water over ethanol. Ethanol adsorbed both chemically and physically on the surface of c-alumina, blocking the 47A ˚ pores sufficiently to enhance water selectivity. Stable flux was observed over 6 h, but after 4–5 h of continuous testing, water selectivity rose above 200 due to this blocking phenomenon. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
unknown |
| ISSN: |
0737-3937 |
| Relation: |
https://vuir.vu.edu.au/4281/; Duke, Mikel ORCID logoorcid:0000-0002-3383-0006 , Campbell, Ruby, Cheng, Xu, Leo, A and Diniz da Costa, J. C (2009) Characterisation and Pervaporation Study on Ethanol Separation Membranes. Drying Technology, 27 (4). pp. 538-541. ISSN 0737-3937 |
| DOI: |
10.1080/07373930802715294 |
| Availability: |
https://vuir.vu.edu.au/4281/; https://doi.org/10.1080/07373930802715294 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.28F3A7C5 |
| Database: |
BASE |