SCI和EI收录∣中国化工学会会刊

›› 2017, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (5): 581-586.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2016.10.025

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Evaluation of hollow fiber T-type zeolite membrane modules for ethanol dehydration

Xuerui Wang, Ji Jiang, Dezhong Liu, Youquan Xue, Chun Zhang, Xuehong Gu   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University,;
    5 Xinmofan Road, Nanjing 210009, China
  • Received:2016-09-14 Revised:2016-10-27 Online:2017-07-06 Published:2017-05-28
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21222602,21490585 and 21176117),National High-tech R&D Program of China (2015AA03A602),the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (212060),the Outstanding Young Fund of Jiangsu Province (BK2012040),Young Fund of Jiangsu Province (BK20130915),the "Six Top Talents" and "333 Talent Project" of Jiangsu Province,a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD) and the Innovation Project for Graduate Student of Jiangsu Province (KYLX15-0790).

Evaluation of hollow fiber T-type zeolite membrane modules for ethanol dehydration

Xuerui Wang, Ji Jiang, Dezhong Liu, Youquan Xue, Chun Zhang, Xuehong Gu   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University,;
    5 Xinmofan Road, Nanjing 210009, China
  • 通讯作者: Xuehong Gu,E-mail address:Xuehonggu@yahoo.com
  • 基金资助:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21222602,21490585 and 21176117),National High-tech R&D Program of China (2015AA03A602),the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (212060),the Outstanding Young Fund of Jiangsu Province (BK2012040),Young Fund of Jiangsu Province (BK20130915),the "Six Top Talents" and "333 Talent Project" of Jiangsu Province,a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD) and the Innovation Project for Graduate Student of Jiangsu Province (KYLX15-0790).

Abstract: This work presents the design of hollow fiber T-type zeolite membrane modules with different geometric configurations. The module performances were evaluated by pervaporation dehydration of ethanol/water mixtures. Strong concentration polarization was found for the modules with big membrane bundles. The concentration polarization was enhanced at high temperature due to the higher water permeation flux. The increase of feed flow could improve water permeation flux for the membrane modules with small membrane bundle. Computational fluid dynamics was used to visualize the flow field distribution inside of the modules with different configurations. The membrane module with seven bundles exhibited highest separation efficiency due to the uniform distribution of flow rate. The packing density could be 10 times higher than that of the tubular membrane module. The hollow fiber membrane module exhibited good stability for ethanol dehydration.

Key words: Hollow fiber, Module, Pervaporation, T-type zeolite membrane

摘要: This work presents the design of hollow fiber T-type zeolite membrane modules with different geometric configurations. The module performances were evaluated by pervaporation dehydration of ethanol/water mixtures. Strong concentration polarization was found for the modules with big membrane bundles. The concentration polarization was enhanced at high temperature due to the higher water permeation flux. The increase of feed flow could improve water permeation flux for the membrane modules with small membrane bundle. Computational fluid dynamics was used to visualize the flow field distribution inside of the modules with different configurations. The membrane module with seven bundles exhibited highest separation efficiency due to the uniform distribution of flow rate. The packing density could be 10 times higher than that of the tubular membrane module. The hollow fiber membrane module exhibited good stability for ethanol dehydration.

关键词: Hollow fiber, Module, Pervaporation, T-type zeolite membrane