Abstract
The versatility of the phenomenon of dispersion-free solvent extraction through immobilized aqueous-organic interface in a microporous hydrophobic membrane is demonstrated here. This technique has been used here for an organic-organic interface to extract aromatics from a hydrocarbon feedstock by a polar organic solvent. The phenomenon has been studied further with microporous hydrophilic and composite hydrophobic-hydrophilic membranes. Operational modes and the influence of the membrane and boundary layer resistances for various solvent-solute-membrane systems have been studied for a CELGARD (hydrophobic) and a CUPROPHAN (hydrophilic) membrane. Limited performance data for microporous hydrophobic CELGARD hollow fibers (X-20) are also presented.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 619-640 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Separation Science and Technology |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 1987 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
- Process Chemistry and Technology
- Filtration and Separation