Breakthroughs on tailoring membrane materials for ethanol recovery by pervaporation

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2021.12.010

中国化学工程学报 ›› 2022, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (12): 19-36.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2021.12.010

Breakthroughs on tailoring membrane materials for ethanol recovery by pervaporation

Xia Zhan¹, Xueying Zhao¹, Zhongyong Gao¹, Rui Ge¹, Juan Lu², Luying Wang³, Jiding Li⁴

1. Key Laboratory of Cleaner Production and Integrated Resource Utilization of China National Light Industry, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China;
2. The Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing 100193, China;
3. Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;
4. The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

收稿日期:2021-10-26 修回日期:2021-12-11 出版日期:2022-12-28 发布日期:2023-01-31
通讯作者: Xia Zhan,E-mail:zhanxia@th.btbu.edu.cn
基金资助:
The authors greatly appreciate the financial support of Beijing Natural Science Foundation Commission-Beijing Municipal Education Commission Joint Foundation, China (KZ201910011012), National Natural Science Foundation of China (21736001, 21776153, 21206001), Open Research Fund Program of Key Laboratory of Cleaner Production and Integrated Resource Utilization of China National Light Industry (CP-2020-YB7), and College Students Scientific Research and Undertaking Starting Action Project, China.

Breakthroughs on tailoring membrane materials for ethanol recovery by pervaporation

Xia Zhan¹, Xueying Zhao¹, Zhongyong Gao¹, Rui Ge¹, Juan Lu², Luying Wang³, Jiding Li⁴

1. Key Laboratory of Cleaner Production and Integrated Resource Utilization of China National Light Industry, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China;
2. The Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing 100193, China;
3. Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;
4. The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Received:2021-10-26 Revised:2021-12-11 Online:2022-12-28 Published:2023-01-31
Contact: Xia Zhan,E-mail:zhanxia@th.btbu.edu.cn
Supported by:
The authors greatly appreciate the financial support of Beijing Natural Science Foundation Commission-Beijing Municipal Education Commission Joint Foundation, China (KZ201910011012), National Natural Science Foundation of China (21736001, 21776153, 21206001), Open Research Fund Program of Key Laboratory of Cleaner Production and Integrated Resource Utilization of China National Light Industry (CP-2020-YB7), and College Students Scientific Research and Undertaking Starting Action Project, China.

摘要/Abstract

摘要： Bioethanol, as a clean and renewable fuel, has gained increasing attention due to its major environmental benefits. Pervaporation (PV) is a promising and competitive technique for the recovery of ethanol from bioethanol fermentation systems due to the advantages of environmental friendliness, low energy consumption and easy coupling with fermentation process. The main challenge for the industrial application of ethanol perm-selective membranes is to break the trade-off effect between permeability and selectivity. As membrane is the heart of the pervaporation separation process, this article attempts to provide a comprehensive survey on the breakthroughs of ethanol perm-selective PV membranes from the perspectives of tailoring membrane materials to enhance PV separation performance. The research and development of polymeric and organic/inorganic hybrid membranes are reviewed to explore the fundamental structure–property-performance relationships. It is found that mixed matrix membranes with well-designed membrane structures offer the hope of better control overphysi-/chemical micro-environment and cavity/pore size as well as size distribution, which may provide both high permeability and membrane selectivity to break the trade-off effect. The tentative perspective on the possible future directions of ethanol perm-selective membranes is also briefly discussed, which may provide some insights in developing a new generation of high-performance PV membranes for ethanol recovery.

关键词: Pervaporation, Ethanol recovery, Microstructure, Polymeric membrane, Mixed matrix membrane

Abstract: Bioethanol, as a clean and renewable fuel, has gained increasing attention due to its major environmental benefits. Pervaporation (PV) is a promising and competitive technique for the recovery of ethanol from bioethanol fermentation systems due to the advantages of environmental friendliness, low energy consumption and easy coupling with fermentation process. The main challenge for the industrial application of ethanol perm-selective membranes is to break the trade-off effect between permeability and selectivity. As membrane is the heart of the pervaporation separation process, this article attempts to provide a comprehensive survey on the breakthroughs of ethanol perm-selective PV membranes from the perspectives of tailoring membrane materials to enhance PV separation performance. The research and development of polymeric and organic/inorganic hybrid membranes are reviewed to explore the fundamental structure–property-performance relationships. It is found that mixed matrix membranes with well-designed membrane structures offer the hope of better control overphysi-/chemical micro-environment and cavity/pore size as well as size distribution, which may provide both high permeability and membrane selectivity to break the trade-off effect. The tentative perspective on the possible future directions of ethanol perm-selective membranes is also briefly discussed, which may provide some insights in developing a new generation of high-performance PV membranes for ethanol recovery.

Key words: Pervaporation, Ethanol recovery, Microstructure, Polymeric membrane, Mixed matrix membrane

Xia Zhan, Xueying Zhao, Zhongyong Gao, Rui Ge, Juan Lu, Luying Wang, Jiding Li. Breakthroughs on tailoring membrane materials for ethanol recovery by pervaporation[J]. 中国化学工程学报, 2022, 52(12): 19-36.

Xia Zhan, Xueying Zhao, Zhongyong Gao, Rui Ge, Juan Lu, Luying Wang, Jiding Li. Breakthroughs on tailoring membrane materials for ethanol recovery by pervaporation[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2022, 52(12): 19-36.

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