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Pervaporative investigation of ethyl alcohol dehydration

  • Silesian University of Technology

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Abstract

Pervaporative separation properties of crosslinked chitosan and alginate membrane on ethanol-water mixture at room temperature was studied. The influence of crosslinking agents on the separation properties were discussed. Selected crosslinking agents were affected differently on used polymer matrices. The better separation properties were obtained for membranes crosslinked by phosphoric (V) acid. The highest pervaporation separation index (309.6 kg/m2·h) and separation factor (52.6) were obtained for phosphoric (V) acid crosslinked alginate membranes, however, the greatest total flux (12.4 kg/m2·h) obtained for phosphoric acid crosslinked chitosan membranes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)54-63
Number of pages10
JournalProgress on Chemistry and Application of Chitin and its Derivatives
Volume20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Alginate
  • Chitosan
  • Crosslinking
  • Dehydration
  • Pervaporation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

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