Print Email Facebook Twitter Microwave-enhanced pervaporation: Design and development of a set-up for ethanol-water separation Title Microwave-enhanced pervaporation: Design and development of a set-up for ethanol-water separation Author Van Houten, R. Contributor Komorowska, M. (mentor) Stefanidis, G. (mentor) Stankiewicz, A. (mentor) Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Department Process & Energy Programme Intensified Reaction & Separation Systems Date 2010-06-23 Abstract A more intensified route for the removal of water from aqueous ethanol by pervaporation (membrane separation) has been investigated. Hereby microwave heating is proposed as alternative, since microwave irradiation can enhance chemical processes because of its rapid and selective heating. For this purpose, a PVA/PAN membrane (PERVAP 2210) has been tested in a multi-mode microwave cavity (MARS CEM Corp.) Experiments are carried out under conventional conditions as well as under microwave circumstances with various temperatures, pressures and feed compositions. The results obtained are compared for the permeation flux, permeate purity and the separation factor. Based on the results obtained, microwave irradiation seems to be a promising alternative form of energy for heating of feed mixtures with low water content or permeations carried out under deep vacuum and/or high temperature Subject pervaporationmicrowavemembrane separationethanol-watermembrane module To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f8a52007-3faa-40d3-9cf2-a912f0d89140 Embargo date 2011-06-23 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2010 Van Houten, R. Files PDF 2358_MSc_Report_Reina_van ... _final.pdf 5.12 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f8a52007-3faa-40d3-9cf2-a912f0d89140/datastream/OBJ/view