摘要:
A charge composition containing (i) an alcohol having less than three carbon atoms and (ii) an oxygenate selected from organic ethers, aldehydes, ketones, and esters is passed into contact with a first side of a non-porous membrane separating layer comprising a blend of a polyvinyl alcohol and a polyacrylic acid on a polyacrylonitrile support layer; with a pressure drop across the non-porous separating layer from the first (high pressure) side to a second (low pressure) side. At least a portion of alcohol from the charge composition and a lesser portion of oxygenate pass by pervaporation through the non-porous separating layer as a lean mixture containing more alcohol and less oxygenate than are present in said charge composition, leaving a rich liquid containing less alcohol and more oxygenate than are present in said charge composition; the lean mixture, in vapor phase at a pressure its vapor pressure being recovered as permeate from the low pressure side of the non-porous separating layer.
摘要:
Apparatus for breaking or separating a liquid mixture or emulsion having two or more components. The apparatus includes a closed vessel having one or more sequentially connected filtering compartments holding a filtering element such as a membrane assembly capable of achieving a multi-stage pervaporation to separate out a vaporous component of the solution. The apparatus further includes a bypass facility which interconnects adjacent filtering compartments. To compensate for the loss of heat energy during the vaporization segments, the residual liquid solution is bypassed into a second vaporization phase, the bypass facility including heating means for maintaining the residual solution of a predetermined liquid temperature prior to its entering the second or subsequent filtering phase.
摘要:
A charge composition containing (i) an alcohol having less than three carbon atoms and (ii) an oxygenate selected from organic ethers, aldehydes, ketones, and esters is passed into contact with a first side of a non-porous membrane separating layer comprising a blend of a polyvinyl alcohol and a polyacrylic acid on a polyacrylonitrile support layer; with a pressure drop across the non-porous separating layer from the first (high pressure) side to a second (low pressure) side. At least a portion of alcohol from the charge composition and a lesser portion of oxygenate pass by pervaporation through the non-porous separating layer as a lean mixture containing more alcohol and less oxygenate than are present in said charge composition, leaving a rich liquid containing less alcohol and more oxygenate than are present in said charge composition; the lean mixture, in vapor phase at a pressure its vapor pressure being recovered as permeate from the low pressure side of the non-porous separating layer.