A qualitative investigation on the importance of boundary layer in pervaporation separation of an aqueous organic reaction
✍ Scribed by Habib I. Shaban
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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✦ Synopsis
The importance of boundary layer was investigated for the hydrolysis of ethyl acetate using a dense standard poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) membrane. A resistance in a series model approach was used to study the effect of a boundary layer for the permeation of aqueous organic mixtures involved in the study. The initial feed mixture consisted of 10% water (H 2 O), 40% ethyl acetate (EA), 50% acetic acid (AA), and 0% ethanol (E) (all weight percentage basis). The experiments were conducted at 65°C. The amount of all species in the feed reservoir was found to decrease with time. Selectivity calculations based on a resistance in the series model approach indicates that the boundary layer contributes to selective permeation of aqueous organic compounds.