Butanol can be produced from renewable sources via the acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE)
fermentation route to create biobutanol or from fossil fuel to create petrobutanol. Despite the …

Pervaporation has been regarded as a promising separation technology in separating
azeotropic mixtures, solutions with similar boiling points, thermally sensitive compounds …

Nowadays, membrane technologies are essential to a wide range of commercial
applications in petrochemical, chemical, food, pharmaceutical, semiconductor …

Background Bioethanol as a renewable energy resource plays an important role in
alleviating energy crisis and environmental protection. Pervaporation has achieved …

Composite membranes comprising a continuous polymer phase and a dispersed filler
phase have revealed appealing potential in selective transport of molecules and ions. The …

Because of the emerging scarcity of oil resources and the demand for environmental
protection, as a typical biofuel, biobutanol produced by biomass fermentation is critical for …

A homogeneous dispersion of inorganic fillers in polymer matrix is a primary challenge for
the advancement of mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) in pervaporation and gas separation …

In this study, an integrated gas stripping–pervaporation (GS–PV) process was established to
enhance the butanol concentration and to reduce the cost of the product separation …

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membrane has attracted increasing attention due to its
potential application in separating organic–organic liquid mixtures and removing volatile …

Over the last few decades, different polymers have been employed as materials in
membrane preparation for pervaporation (PV) application, which are currently used in the …