Dehydration of bioethanol produced from argane pulp using pervaporation membrane process: Experimental, molecular dynamics and GCMC simulation studies
- Title
- Dehydration of bioethanol produced from argane pulp using pervaporation membrane process: Experimental, molecular dynamics and GCMC simulation studies
- Author
- 하산 르가즈
- Keywords
- Pervaporation; Bioethanol; PVA membrane; Free volume; Molecular dynamics; Monte Carlo
- Issue Date
- 2021-05
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS, v. 329, Page. 115441-115441
- Abstract
- Pervaporation process would be a promising method for bioethanol recovery and dehydration from fermentation
broth thanks to its eco-friendly and energy-saving characteristics. Herein, hydrophilic and dense polyvinyl alco-
hol (PVA) based membranes were prepared, characterized and employed to concentrate bioethanol recovered by
distillation from argane pulp fermentate, through pervaporation process. Prepared membranes were character-
ized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and their intermolecular interactions were studied
using density and swelling experiments. The effects of water content (in wt%; from 5 to 50%) and temperature
(303 to 323 K) of the feed mixture on pervaporation performance were investigated. The obtained experimental
data showed that swelling degree is increased with increasing the water content in the feed mixture. The selec-
tivity of prepared membranes decreased, and total flux increased with increasing temperature and water con-
tent. Moreover, ethanol was concentrated from 90% to 97%. Besides, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations
and Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulation were used to investigate the performance of membranes
toward penetrant molecules from a theoretical point of view. Some theoretical parameters such as mean-
square displacement (MSD), fractional accessible volume (FAV), sorption behavior of water/ethanol mixture
were extracted to study the mobility and diffusivity of water and ethanol molecules inside PVA membranes. The-
oretical results were in good consistency with experimental ones.
- URI
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167732221001677https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/171725
- ISSN
- 0167-7322
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115441
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