Pervaporation separation of toluene/alcohol mixtures using silicalite zeolite embedded chitosan mixed matrix membranes
Pervaporation separation of toluene/alcohol mixtures using silicalite zeolite embedded chitosan mixed matrix membranes
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DOI:
10.1016/j.seppur.2008.01.013
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发表时间:
2008-08
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
M. Patil;T. Aminabhavi
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作者:
M. Patil;T. Aminabhavi
Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) of chitosan were prepared by incorporating silicalite zeolite particles in 5 and 10wt.% with respect to weight of chitosan polymer to improve their pervaporation (PV) separation characteristics over that of pristine chitosan membrane for toluene/methanol and toluene/ethanol feeds in compositions of 10–40wt.% of toluene at 30°C. The membranes were crosslinked with glutaraldehyde (GA), which was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and ion exchange capacity (IEC) measurements. X-ray diffraction (X-RD) and scanning electron microscopic (SEM) studies were performed to understand membrane morphology. Toluene permeated preferentially with a selectivity of 264 and fluxes of 0.019–0.027kg/m2h for toluene/methanol mixture. Selectivity of 301 with fluxes ranging from 0.019 to 0.026kg/m2h was observed for toluene/ethanol mixtures. Flux increased, while selectivity decreased with increasing toluene content of the feeds. An increase in silicalite content of the MMMs gave increased PV performances.