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Selection between Separation Alternatives: Membrane Flash Index (MFLI)
- Source :
- Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 57:11366-11373
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- American Chemical Society (ACS), 2018.
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Abstract
- Chemical process design is a creative step of engineers that should be supported by different computer-aided design tools. Such tools should be simple and easy to use because process synthesis often means the investigation of a huge number of alternatives. During the design of the separation of liquid mixtures, among many others, distillation and pervaporation are usually simultaneously considered because pervaporation is frequently considered as an alternative to distillation. To easily compare the efficiencies of continuous pervaporation and flash distillation, we propose a new and simple method, the so-called membrane flash index (MFLI). The comparison is based upon vapor–liquid equilibrium data and the permeation data of a pervaporation membrane and therefore can be plotted on a common chart in the case of binary mixtures. The permeation values of organophilic and hydrophilic pervaporations can be calculated with the help of known separation factors and feed concentrations. The MFLI is dimensionless a...
- Subjects :
- Materials science
business.industry
General Chemical Engineering
Separation (aeronautics)
Process design
02 engineering and technology
General Chemistry
Permeation
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
law.invention
Multi-stage flash distillation
Membrane
020401 chemical engineering
law
Flash (manufacturing)
Pervaporation
0204 chemical engineering
0210 nano-technology
Process engineering
business
Distillation
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Details
- ISSN :
- 15205045 and 08885885
- Volume :
- 57
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........9a184606bc932e5c56fcf00b20172a7a