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Application of vacuum membrane distillation for concentration of organic solutions‡

  • Marek Gryta EMAIL logo and Marta Waszak
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From the journal Chemical Papers Volume 70 Issue 6

Abstract

Vacuum membrane distillation was used to concentrate organic solutions containing mainly 1,3-propanediol, ethanol and carboxylic acids. The studied solutions were permeates obtained from nanofiltration process applied for the separation of broths from the fermentation of glycerol with the Citrobacter freundii bacteria. The presence of organic solutes decreased the surface tension of permeates to the value of 47 mN m−1. However, the pores inside the used polypropylene membranes were not wetted by the post-fermentation solutions, and they were concentrated to over five-fold. It was shown that vacuum membrane distillation has over twice higher thermal efficiency compared to that obtained by direct contact membrane distillation.

Keywords: acuum membrane distillation; fermentation broth; glycerol; 1,3-propanediol
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Presented at the 41nd International Conference of the Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering, Tatranské Matliare, Slovakia, 26–30 May 2014.

Acknowledgements. The studies were performed within the framework of project no. 01.01.02-00-074/09 co-founded by the European Union from the European Regional Development Funds within the framework of the Innovative Economy Operational Programme 2007-2013.

Symbols

Bshape coefficient
cpspecific heat capacityJ kg−1 K−1
dppore diameterm
ΔHvapor enthalpyJ kg−1
Jpermeate fluxL m−2 h−1
Lmodule lengthm
mmass fluxkg s−1
Phydraulic pressureN m−2
ppartial pressureN m−2
QheatW
smembrane thicknessm
TtemperatureK
ttimeh
Greek Letters
υflow ratem s−1
Θcontact angle∘
εTthermal efficiency%
λmmembrane heat coefficientW m−1 K−1
Subscripts
Ddistillate
Ffeed
ininlet
mmembrane
outoutlet
1boundary layer on the feed side
2boundary layer on the distillate side

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Received: 2015-6-9
Revised: 2015-10-19
Accepted: 2015-10-29
Published Online: 2016-2-2
Published in Print: 2016-6-1

© 2016 Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences

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acuum membrane distillation; fermentation broth; glycerol; 1,3-propanediol

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