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Effect of Side Substituent on Comb-like Polysiloxane Membrane Pervaporation Properties During Recovery of Alcohols
Evgenia Grushevenko1, Islam Chechenov1, Tatyana Rokhmanka1
1A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
The pervaporation properties of membranes based on comb-like polysiloxanes when C2-C4 alcohols are removed from water were studied for the first time. It was established that membranes based on comb-like polysiloxanes with linear aliphatic and organosilicon substituents have increased permeability selectivity for C3+ alcohols. The obtained results were interpreted from the point of view of the solubility of the components of the separated mixture in polysiloxanes. It was shown that membranes based on polysiloxanes with linear substituents have increased butanol/water permeability selectivity (2.5-3.7). The achieved selectivity values correspond to the level of highly selective zeolite membranes, which allows for a reduction in energy consumption for the pervaporation removal of butanol by more than two times.
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