Recent membrane development for pervaporation processes

YK Ong, GM Shi, NL Le, YP Tang, J Zuo… - Progress in Polymer …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pervaporation has been regarded as a promising separation technology in separating
azeotropic mixtures, solutions with similar boiling points, thermally sensitive compounds …

Challenges and opportunities in improving the production of bio-ethanol

J Baeyens, Q Kang, L Appels, R Dewil, Y Lv… - Progress in Energy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Bio-ethanol, as a clean and renewable fuel, is gaining increasing attention, mostly through
its major environmental benefits. It can be produced from different kinds of renewable …

Layer-by-layer construction of graphene oxide (GO) framework composite membranes for highly efficient heavy metal removal

Y Zhang, S Zhang, J Gao, TS Chung - Journal of membrane science, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, an ultrathin graphene oxide (GO) framework layer was successfully deposited
on a modified Torlon® hollow fiber support via a layer-by-layer (LbL) approach, enabling the …

A review on the synthesis of fully aromatic polyamide reverse osmosis membranes

S Habib, ST Weinman - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes have been used for desalination for over 40 years. This
review focuses on the lab-scale synthesis of fully aromatic polyamide layers used to create …

Omniphobic hollow-fiber membranes for vacuum membrane distillation

KJ Lu, J Zuo, J Chang, HN Kuan… - Environmental science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Management of produced water from shale gas production is a global challenge. Vacuum
membrane distillation (VMD) is considered a promising solution because of its various …

Processes and separation technologies for the production of fuel-grade bioethanol: a review

S Karimi, RR Karri, M Tavakkoli Yaraki… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
Bioethanol produced from biological resources is considered as an alternative, renewable,
and sustainable energy source in the context of the circular economy. Moreover, bioethanol …

Development of microporous substrates of polyamide thin film composite membranes for pressure-driven and osmotically-driven membrane processes: A review

WJ Lau, GS Lai, J Li, S Gray, Y Hu, N Misdan… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polyamide thin film composite (TFC) membranes are state-of-the-art membranes with
superior permeability and selectivity, and are widely used in various membrane-based …

Influence of hydrophobization conditions and ceramic membranes pore size on their properties in vacuum membrane distillation of water–organic solvent mixtures

W Kujawski, J Kujawa, E Wierzbowska… - Journal of Membrane …, 2016 - Elsevier
The initially hydrophilic micro-and macroporous ceramic membranes were successfully
hydrophobized by grafting with fluoroalkylsilane (FAS) molecules. The influence of diverse …

Nanofiltration for decolorization: membrane fabrication, applications and challenges

Y Cao, X Chen, S Feng, Y Wan… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Decolorization is important for wastewater treatment and product purification. Compared to
an adsorption method using activated carbon and ion-exchange resin, nanofiltration (NF) is …

High-flux PIM-1/PVDF thin film composite membranes for 1-butanol/water pervaporation

L Gao, M Alberto, P Gorgojo, G Szekely… - Journal of Membrane …, 2017 - Elsevier
Membranes that enable the recovery of organic compounds from dilute aqueous solution
are desired for applications such as biobutanol production. The polymer of intrinsic …