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FORMULATION AND USE OF A PERVAPORATION MATHEMATICAL MODEL

kahwaji janho, michel E
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1432111781

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2015, Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Cleveland State University, Washkewicz College of Engineering.
Bio-ethanol production is a rapidly growing market due to the possible uses of the anhydrous product in energy generation. This production however, is weighed down by the energetic demands and the environmental effects of the dehydration step needed due to the azeotrope formed by ethanol and water. This work studies the formulation and use of a pervaporation module to assess the production of fuel-grade bio-ethanol in distillery installations complementing a sugar mill. Multiple membrane materials are compared by studying the effects of structural and parametric changes on the separation performance. The user-defined module is integrated in commercial process simulators to study the environmental and energetic impact of different process configurations. Different schemes meeting equivalent performance standards in terms of purity and recovery are examined in this work. Particular attention is given to energetic demands as comparison metrics. A zeolite membrane designed for separating a water/ethanol mixture was fond to be the most suitable material while a process featuring multiple membrane modules positioned in series offers lower vacuum requirements while maintaining low energetic needs.
Jorge Gatica , PhD (Committee Chair)
Dhananjai Shah, PhD (Committee Member)
Orhan Talu, PhD (Committee Member)
Sridhar Ungarala, PhD (Committee Member)
Chemical Engineering; Engineering
Pervaporation; ASPEN; Ethanol; Water; Azeotrope; Heat integration; Mathematical model

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  • kahwaji janho, M. E. (2015). FORMULATION AND USE OF A PERVAPORATION MATHEMATICAL MODEL [Master's thesis, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1432111781

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • kahwaji janho, michel. FORMULATION AND USE OF A PERVAPORATION MATHEMATICAL MODEL . 2015. Cleveland State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1432111781.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • kahwaji janho, michel. "FORMULATION AND USE OF A PERVAPORATION MATHEMATICAL MODEL ." Master's thesis, Cleveland State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1432111781

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