Enhanced Pervaporation Performance of Multi-layer PDMS/PVDF Composite Membrane for Ethanol Recovery from Aqueous Solution |
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Authors: | Xia Zhan Jiding Li Junqi Huang and Cuixian Chen |
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Institution: | (1) Membrane Technology & Engineering Research Center, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People’s Republic of China; |
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Abstract: | Multi-layer PDMS/PVDF composite membrane with an alternative PDMS/PVDF/non-woven-fiber/PVDF/PDMS configuration was prepared
in this paper. The porous PVDF substrate was obtained by casting PVDF solution on both sides of non-woven fiber with immersion
precipitation phase inversion method. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) was then cured by phenyltrimethoxylsilane (PTMOS) and coated
onto the surface of porous PVDF substrate one layer by the other to obtain multi-layer PDMS/PVDF composite membrane. The multi-layer
composite membrane was used for ethanol recovery from aqueous solution by pervaporation, and exhibited enhanced separation
performance compared with one side PDMS/PVDF composite membranes, especially in the low ethanol concentration range. The maximum
separation factor of multi-layer PDMS/PVDF composite membrane was obtained at 60 °C, and the total flux increased exponentially
along with the increase of temperature. The composite membrane gave the best pervaporation performance with a separation factor
of 15, permeation rate of 450 g/m2h with a 5 wt.% ethanol concentration at 60 °C. |
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