Ongoing Progress on Pervaporation Membranes for Ethanol Separation
Ethanol, a versatile chemical extensively employed in several fields, including fuel production, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, and chemical manufacturing, continues to witness expanding applications. Consequently, there is an ongoing need for cost-effective and environ...
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| description | Ethanol, a versatile chemical extensively employed in several fields, including fuel production, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, and chemical manufacturing, continues to witness expanding applications. Consequently, there is an ongoing need for cost-effective and environmentally friendly purification technologies for this organic compound in both diluted (ethanol-water–) and concentrated solutions (water-ethanol–). Pervaporation (PV), as a membrane technology, has emerged as a promising solution offering significant reductions in energy and resource consumption during the production of high-purity components. This review aims to provide a panorama of the recent advancements in materials adapted into PV membranes, encompassing polymeric membranes (and possible blending), inorganic membranes, mixed-matrix membranes, and emerging two-dimensional-material membranes. Among these membrane materials, we discuss the ones providing the most relevant performance in separating ethanol from the liquid systems of water–ethanol and ethanol–water, among others. Furthermore, this review identifies the challenges and future opportunities in material design and fabrication techniques, and the establishment of structure–performance relationships. These endeavors aim to propel the development of next-generation pervaporation membranes with an enhanced separation efficiency. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cd67ef4d945f4f23b0078129f5a41ca92023-11-19T17:19:25ZengMDPI AGMembranes2077-03752023-10-01131084810.3390/membranes13100848Ongoing Progress on Pervaporation Membranes for Ethanol SeparationMuhammad Imad0Roberto Castro-Muñoz1Department of Process and Systems Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39106 Magdeburg, GermanyTecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Toluca, Avenida Eduardo Monroy Cárdenas 2000 San Antonio Buenavista, Toluca de Lerdo 50110, MexicoEthanol, a versatile chemical extensively employed in several fields, including fuel production, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, and chemical manufacturing, continues to witness expanding applications. Consequently, there is an ongoing need for cost-effective and environmentally friendly purification technologies for this organic compound in both diluted (ethanol-water–) and concentrated solutions (water-ethanol–). Pervaporation (PV), as a membrane technology, has emerged as a promising solution offering significant reductions in energy and resource consumption during the production of high-purity components. This review aims to provide a panorama of the recent advancements in materials adapted into PV membranes, encompassing polymeric membranes (and possible blending), inorganic membranes, mixed-matrix membranes, and emerging two-dimensional-material membranes. Among these membrane materials, we discuss the ones providing the most relevant performance in separating ethanol from the liquid systems of water–ethanol and ethanol–water, among others. Furthermore, this review identifies the challenges and future opportunities in material design and fabrication techniques, and the establishment of structure–performance relationships. These endeavors aim to propel the development of next-generation pervaporation membranes with an enhanced separation efficiency.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/13/10/848molecular separationsemerging materialsmembrane processethanol upgrading |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Imad Roberto Castro-Muñoz Ongoing Progress on Pervaporation Membranes for Ethanol Separation Membranes molecular separations emerging materials membrane process ethanol upgrading |
| title | Ongoing Progress on Pervaporation Membranes for Ethanol Separation |
| title_full | Ongoing Progress on Pervaporation Membranes for Ethanol Separation |
| title_fullStr | Ongoing Progress on Pervaporation Membranes for Ethanol Separation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ongoing Progress on Pervaporation Membranes for Ethanol Separation |
| title_short | Ongoing Progress on Pervaporation Membranes for Ethanol Separation |
| title_sort | ongoing progress on pervaporation membranes for ethanol separation |
| topic | molecular separations emerging materials membrane process ethanol upgrading |
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