A hollow-fiber membrane extraction process for recovery and separation of lactic acid from aqueous solution

An energy-efficient hollow-fiber membrane extraction process was successfully developed to separate and recover lactic acid produced in fermentation. Although many fermentation processes have been developed for lactic acid production, and economical method for lactic acid recovery from the fermentation broth is still needed. Continuous extraction of lactic acid from a simulated aqueous stream was achieved by using Alamine 336 in 2-octanol contained in a hollow-fiber membrane extractor. In this process, the extractant was simultaneously regenerated by stripping with NaOH in a second membrane extractor, and the final product is a concentrated lactate salt solution. The extraction rate increased linearly with an increase in the Alamine 336 content in the solvent (from 5 to 40%). Increasing the concentration of the undissociated lactic acid in the feed solution by either increasing the lactate concentration (from 5 to 40 g/L) or decreasing the solution pH (from 5.0 to 4.0) also increased the extraction rate. Based on these observations, a reactive extraction model with a first-order reaction mechanism for both lactic acid and amine concentrations was proposed. The extraction rate also increased with an increase in the feed flow rate, but not the flow rates of solvent and the stripping solution, suggesting that the process was not limited by diffusion in the liquid films or membrane pores. A mathematical model considering both diffusion and chemical reaction in the extractor and back extractor was developed to simulate the process. The model fits the experimental data well and can be used in scale up design of the process.     

A novel approach for electromembrane extraction based on the use of silver nanometallic-decorated hollow fibers

A novel approach based on the use of nanometallic-decorated hollow fibers to assist electromembrane extraction is proposed. Microporous polypropylene hollow fibers, on which nanometallic silver was deposited, have been used for the first time as liquid membrane support in electromembrane extraction (EME). Different methods for the generation/deposition of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were studied. The best results were obtained with chemical reduction of silver nitrate using NaBH₄ in aqueous solution followed by direct deposition on the hollow fibers. The extraction performance of the new supports was compared with a previously developed EME procedure used for the extraction of selected non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), resulting in an increase in the extraction ratio by a factor of 1.2–2 with a 30% reduction in the extraction time. The new nanometallic-decorated supports open new possibilities for EME due to the singular properties of nanometallic particles, including chemical fiber functionalization.     

Determination of inorganic anions in ethyl acetate by in-line hollow fiber membrane extraction with ion chromatography

In this work,a novel hollow fiber membrane extractor was set up to extract inorganic anions from ethyl acetate using deionized water.Inorganic anions in slightly soluble organic solvents can be determined by the in-line hollow fiber membrane extractor coupled with ion chromatography at first time.Different aspects of the extraction procedure such as magnetic stirring speed, extraction flow rate and extraction time were optimized to achieve high extraction efficiency and good separation results. Satisfact...     

膜基萃取中钕、钐的传质及界面反应动力学

采用自制聚偏氟乙烯中空纤维膜吕,在HEH／EHP煤油体系不,对钕,钐的萃取及界面反应进行了研究。结果表明,膜器中的萃取反应与液－液萃取相同,可视为准一级反应。考察了料液酸度,萃取剂浓度,钕,钐离子浓度与萃取速率的关系,获得了相应的反应级数,根据界面反应动力学,得到了动力学方程,速率常数及钕,钐的分离系数。     

Removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol from wasterwater by vacuum membrane distillation using hydrophobic PPESK hollow hiber membrane

2,4-Dichlorophenol was removed from wasterwater using a new hydrophobic poly(phthalazinone ether sulfone ketone) (PPESK) hollow fiber membrane by vacuum membrane distillation(VMD).     

Cyanex302在中空纤维膜器中萃取锌的传质动力学

锌;Cyanex302在中空纤维膜器中萃取锌的传质动力学     

Supported liquid membrane extraction with single hollow fiber for the analysis of fluoroquinolones from environmental surface water samples

In this work, the simple analytical method for the determination of four fluoroquinolone antibiotics: ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin, norfloxacin and danofloxacin, in environmental surface water samples is described. Sample pretreatment step was performed by the application of a technique based on supported liquid membrane extraction with the configuration of single hollow fiber (HF-SLM). The HPLC system with diode array detection was used for final analysis of studied analytes. Various parameters affecting the extraction efficiency during HF-SLM enrichment, such as type of membrane diluent, pH of donor (sample) and acceptor phases, as well as an enrichment time and salt content of sample were studied. Using the presented hollow-fiber extraction high recovery (70–80%) was achieved. It gave enrichment factor above 100. The detection limits in surface water samples, for the four target antibiotics, were at range 0.01–0.02 μg/l, when 10 ml samples were processed. The obtained results demonstrate the applicability of presented method for the selective extraction of fluoroquinolones in environmental water samples at ultratrace level. Errors, expressed as relative standard deviation (RSD) were below 8%, for all tested concentration levels.     

用在线流动注射法研究膜基萃取过程中的铵离子传质规律

氨气敏电极;中空纤维膜萃取;稀土;用在线流动注射法研究膜基萃取过程中的铵离子传质规律     

Influence of temperature on mass transfer in an incomplete trapping single hollow fibre supported liquid membrane extraction of triazole fungicides

The influence of temperature in a single hollow fibre supported liquid membrane extraction of triazole fungicides with a stagnant acceptor phase was investigated. The mass transfer parameters such as diffusion coefficient, flux and apparent viscosity were determined at temperature ranging from 278 K to 313 K. Increase in temperature led to an increase in diffusion coefficient and flux. The apparent viscosity also decreased with an increase in temperature. The degree of trapping in the acceptor phase influenced the mass transfer at higher temperature. At lower temperature, the transport of analytes from the donor solution through the donor-membrane interface and through the membrane mainly affected the transport of triazole fungicides. The effect of temperature in a single hollow fibre SLM extraction technique is therefore more pronounced where transport is donor controlled and/or membrane controlled. The partition coefficient of analytes from the acceptor solution to the membrane, K_A was found to be much higher than that of from the donor solution to the membrane K_D, thus least trapped triazole fungicides preferred to remain in the membrane even with an increased extraction temperature.     

中空纤维膜液相微萃取-高效液相色谱联用技术测定尿液中痕量己烯雌酚

采用中空纤维液相微萃取与高效液相色谱联用技术测定了尿液样品中的痕量己烯雌酚;考察了样品相酸度、中间相种类、接收相浓度、搅拌速度、萃取时间等对液-液-液三相微萃取效率的影响,进而确定了最佳萃取条件.结果表明,当样品相pH为2.5,中间相为甲苯,接收相为3μL 0.25mol/L氢氧化钠溶液,搅拌速度为800r/min,萃取时间为50min时,萃取效率最佳.在最佳萃取条件下,样品的回收率为76.4%,相对标准偏差为3.8%.     

Dispersion-free solvent extraction of U(VI) in macro amount from nitric acid solutions using hollow fiber contactor

The applicability of dispersion-free solvent extraction (DFSX), through microporous hydrophobic membrane has been studied. The hollow fiber membrane contactor, with surface area of 381 cm² was employed to extract U(VI) in macro concentration (35 g dm⁻³) from aqueous acidic solutions. Prior to deployment of this technique for recovery of U(VI) from oxalate supernatant waste, chemical parameters such as extractant concentration, feed acidity, concentration of U(VI) in feed were studied. The study revealed that 30% tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) in n-dodecane as an extractant and feed in 3 M HNO₃ gave an optimum extraction of U(VI) and it was possible to strip back utilizing 0.05 M HNO₃. It was established to recover more than 90% of U(VI) from oxalate supernatant waste, which was often generated from nuclear chemical facilities.     

Preparation of boronic acid and carboxyl-modified molecularly imprinted polymer and application in a novel chromatography mediated hollow fiber membrane to selectively extract glucose from cellulose hydrolysis

A novel boronic acid and carboxyl-modified glucose molecularly imprinted polymer were prepared through suspension polymerization, which is based on 1.0 mmol glucose as a template, 1.2 mmol methacrylamidophenylboronic acid, and 6.8 mmol methacrylic acids as monomers, 19 mmol ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate, and 1 mmol methylene-bis-acrylamide as crosslinkers. The prepared glucose-molecularly imprinted polymer had a particle size of 25–70 μm, and was thermally stable below 215°C, with a specific surface area of 174.82 m^2/g and average pore size of 9.48 nm. The best selectivity between glucose and fructose was 2.71 and the maximum adsorption capacity of glucose- molecularly imprinted polymer was up to 236.32 mg^/g which was consistent with the Langmuir adsorption model. The similar adsorption abilities in six successive runs and the good desorption rate (99.4%) verified glucose-molecularly imprinted polymer could be reused. It was successfully used for extracting glucose from cellulose hydrolysis. The adsorption amount of glucose was 2.61 mg/mL and selectivity between glucose and xylose reached 4.12. A newly established chromatography (glucose-molecularly imprinted polymer) mediated hollow fiber membrane method in time separated pure glucose from cellulose hydrolysates on a large scale, and purified glucose solution with a concentration of 3.84 mg/mL was obtained, which offered a feasible way for the industrial production of glucose from cellulose hydrolysates.     

聚偏氟乙烯中空纤维膜器对钐传质性能的影响

以Ｐ５０７－煤油ＨＣｌ－Ｓｍ为实验体系,在两种聚偏氟乙烯中空纤维膜器中研究了溶胀性能、反萃酸度对基于水相的总传质系数及中空纤维膜孔径的影响,考察了料液酸度、萃取剂浓度、钐离子浓度与萃取速率的关系。获得了相应的反应级数。根据界面反应动力学,得到了速率常数值和动力学方程。     

Ionic liquid as hollow fibre membrane carrier for extraction of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in milk coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography quantification

A new hollow fibre liquid phase microextraction technology with an ionic liquid as the carrier was developed to determine the fluoroquinolone antibiotics in milk. In this technology, a porous polypropylene hollow fibre was filled with aqueous ionic liquid and the extraction efficiency of different factors, such as the type of hollow fibre membrane carrier, the pH and ionic strength of the donor solution, the pH of the acceptor solution, the stirring rate and the extraction time, were investigated. The optimised extraction condition was: [OMim][BF₄] impregnated in the pores of the hollow fibre; 0.1?mol?L^?1 of Na₂HPO₄ (pH 11.0) as the acceptor solution was injected into the lumen of the hollow fibre; 0.1?mol?L^?1 H₃PO₄ (pH 5.0) was used as the donor solution; 600?rpm was selected as the stirring rate; 120?min was the optimum extraction time. The proposed method provided very high factors with 130-fold, 156-fold and 116-fold enrichment of ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin, respectively.     

Electrodialytic separation of potassium ions from sodium ions in the presence of crown ether using a cation-exchange membrane

The separation of potassium and sodium ions from their mixture was performed by electrodialyzing a mixed solution of potassium chloride and sodium chloride in the presence of 18-crown-6 using a commercial cation-exchange membrane. After 18-crown-6 had been impregnated in the membrane, the mixed solution containing 18-crown-6 was electrodialyzed as the desalting-side solution. The permeation of potassium ions through the membrane decreased remarkably and the electrical resistance of the membrane increased during electrodialysis with increasing concentration of 18-crown-6 in the solution. Because potassium ions form a more stable complex with 18-crown-6 than sodium ions and because the complex permeated through the membrane with difficulty, sodium ions are thought to selectively permeate through the membrane. The current efficiency in electrodialysis was greater than 97.0%. Received: 1 June 1999/Accepted in revised form: 13 August 1999     

Phase separation in solvent extraction of copper or nickel from acidic solution using a sulfonic acid (HDNNS) and a carboxylate ester (4PC)

Phase separation behavior is a critical character in determining the usefulness of a solvent extraction system in hydrometallurgy. A survey of the synergistic mixture containing dinonylnaphthalene sulfonic acid (HDNNS) and 2-ethylhexly 4-pyridinecarboxylate ester (4PC) for the extraction of copper or nickel from acidic single metal sulfate solution has been carried out to suggest how the physicochemical properties (density, viscosity and interfacial tension) and the morphology of the reverse micelles in the loaded organic phase affect the phase separation behavior in this paper. The specific settling rates (SSR), physicochemical properties, metal concentration and the excess water uptake (the content of water solubilized into the water pool of the reverse micelles) in the loaded organic phase during the extraction of Cu(II)/Ni(II) have been measured. The results show that the most effective parameters affecting the phase separation behavior are the viscosity and the excess water uptake of the loaded organic phase. We assume that the deceleration of the SSR is mainly due to the apparent increase of these two parameters or in a microscopic view, the apparent change of the morphology of the reverse micelles in the loaded organic phase. The small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) results provide a direct evidence of such microstructural changes and well supports our assumption.     

Determination of aristolochic acid in urine using hollow fiber liquid-phase microextraction combined with high-performance liquid chromatography

A simple and efficient hollow fiber liquid‐phase microextraction (HF‐LPME) technique in conjunction with high‐performance liquid chromatography is presented for extraction and quantitative determination of aristolochic acid I in human urine samples. Several parameters influencing the efficiency of HF‐LPME were investigated and optimized, including extraction solvent, stirring rate, extraction time, pH of donor phase and acceptor phase. Excellent sample clean‐up was observed and good linearity with coefficient of 0.9999 was obtained in the range of 15.4–960 µg/L. This method provided a 230‐fold enrichment factor and good repeatability with relative standard deviations (RSD) lower than 6.0%. The limit of detection value for the analyte in urine sample was 0.01 µg/L at a signal‐to‐noise ratio of 3. The extraction recovery from urine samples was 61.8% with an RSD of 9.71%. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Ultrasensitive determination of cadmium in seawater by hollow fiber supported liquid membrane extraction coupled with graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry

A new procedure, based on hollow fiber supported liquid membrane preconcentration coupled with graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS) detection, was developed for the determination of trace Cd in seawater samples. With 1-octanol that contained a mixture of dithizone (carrier) and oleic acid immobilized in the pores of the polypropylene hollow fiber as a liquid membrane, Cd was selectively extracted from water samples into 0.05 M HNO₃ that filled the lumen of the hollow fiber as a stripping solution. The main extraction related parameters were optimized, and the effects of salinity and some coexisting interferants were also evaluated. Under the optimum extraction conditions, an enrichment factor of 387 was obtained for a 100-mL sample solution. In combination with graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry, a very low detection limit (0.8 ng L^− 1) and a relative standard deviation (2.5% at 50 ng L^− 1 level) were achieved. Five seawater samples were analyzed by the proposed method without dilution, with detected Cd concentration in the range of 56.4–264.8 ng L^− 1 and the relative spiked recoveries over 89%. For comparison, these samples were also analyzed by the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) method after a 10-fold dilution for matrix effect elimination. Statistical analysis with a one-way ANOVA shows no significant differences (at 0.05 level) between the results obtained by the proposed and ICP-MS methods. Additionally, analysis of certified reference materials (GBW (E) 080040) shows good agreement with the certified value. These results indicate that this present method is very sensitive and reliable, and can effectively eliminate complex matrix interferences in seawater samples.     

Kinetic electro membrane extraction under stagnant conditions—Fast isolation of drugs from untreated human plasma

Amitriptyline, citalopram, fluoxetine, and fluvoxamine were isolated by electro membrane extraction (EME) from 70 μl of untreated plasma (pH 7.4), through a supported liquid membrane (SLM) of 1-ethyl-2-nitrobenzene immobilized in the pores of a porous polypropylene hollow fiber, and into 30 μl of 10 mM HCOOH as acceptor solution inside the lumen of the hollow fiber. The driving force of the extraction was a 9 V potential sustained over the SLM with a common battery, with the positive electrode placed in the plasma sample and the negative electrode placed in the acceptor solution. Extractions were performed under totally stagnant conditions with a very simple device for 1 min (kinetic regime), and subsequently the acceptor solution was analyzed directly by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS). Recoveries were 12, 13, 22, and 17% for fluoxetine, amitriptyline, citalopram, and fluvoxamine, respectively. Sample clean-up was comparable to reversed-phase solid-phase extraction (SPE), but EME required substantially less time than SPE. The time advantage of EME was further improved by parallel extraction of three samples (for 1 min) with the same 9 V battery. EME from plasma combined with LC–MS provided limits of quantification (S/N = 10) in the range 0.4–2.3 ng/ml, linearity in the range 1–1000 ng/ml with r²-values of 0.998–0.999, and repeatability in the range 3.2–8.9% RSD in the mid-therapeutic window (100 ng/ml).     

Membrane extraction for removal of acetic acid from biomass hydrolysates

Production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass requires pretreatment of the biomass in order to improve the susceptibility of the cellulose to enzymatic hydrolysis to glucose. When dilute acid is used to perform this process, the hemicellulose is also hydrolyzed to its component sugars while simultaneously releasing acetyl groups attached to the hemicellulose backbone. Other compounds from the lignin and sugar degradation products are also produced that inhibit subsequent bioconversion of the solubilized sugars to the desired products. In this work we focused on removal of acetic acid from a dilute sulphuric acid pretreated corn stover hydrolysate.Acetic acid has been extracted into an organic phase at pH values below its pK_a. The organic phase diluent consisted of octanol. Alamine 336, a tertiary amine and Aliquat 336 a quaternary amine were used as the aliphatic amine extractants. Our results indicate more than 60% removal of acetic acid using Alamine 336. Extraction rates were much slower for Aliquat 336 probably due to the higher viscosity of the Aliquat 336/octanol phase.The presence of sulphate anions, as a result of dilute sulphuric acid pretreatment, results in the co-extraction of bisulphate anion. Bisulphate anion is preferentially extracted at pH values below its pK_a. Consequently the pH of the hydrolysate increases from between 1 and 2 to above 4.0 during extraction. In addition, extraction of low molecular weight lignins and phenolics is also observed. Thus the membrane extraction process developed here may be used not only for removal of acetic acid but also to adjust the pH of the hydrolysate to values that are more compatible for fermentation and to remove other inhibitory compounds.