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1615705 

Journal Article 

Dehydration of acetic acid by pervaporation using SPEK-C/PVA blend membranes 

Chen, J; Liu, Q; Zhu, A; Zhang, Q 

2008 

Yes 

Journal of Membrane Science
ISSN: 0376-7388 

320 

1-2 

416-422 

10.1016/j.memsci.2008.04.034 

WOS:000257834700047 

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Sulfonated cardo polyetherketone (SPEK-C) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) blend membranes were prepared by solution casting method and used in pervaporation (PV) dehydration of acetic acid. The membranes were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and contact angle meter. The results show that thermal crosslinking occurred to the membrane under high temperature annealing. The effective d-spacing (inter-segmental spacing) decreased with PVA content decreasing. The hydrophilicity of the blend membrane increased with SPEK-C content increasing. Swelling and sorption experiments show that the swelling degree of the blend membrane increased, however both the sorption and diffusion selectivities decreased with increasing PVA content. The diffusion selectivity is higher than the sorption selectivity. This suggests that PV dehydration of acetic acid is dominated by the diffusion process. The pervaporation separation index (PSI) of the membrane increases with increasing PVA content and arrives at a maximum when the SPEK-C/PVA ratio is 3/2, then decreases with further addition of PVA. The membrane has an encouraging separation performance with a flux of 492 g m(-2) h(-1) and separation factor of 59.3 at 50 degrees C at the feed water content 10 wt%. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 

SPEK-C; PVA; acetic acid; pervaporation; composite membranes