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Table 3 Ethanol–water separation performance of other polymeric membranes

From: Membranes for bioethanol production by pervaporation

Other polymeric membrane material

Feed concentration (wt. %)

Feed temperature (°C)

Separation factor

Flux (g·m−2·h−1)

References

Plasma-polymerized silicone

4

25

1.5–5.2

180–380

[120]

Plasma-polymerized silane compounds

4

25

13.2–16.9

5.3–21

[120]

Polyhydromethylsiloxane oil

4

25

14.4

26

[120]

Plasma-polymerized hexamethyltrisiloxane plasma treated with octadecyldiethoxymethylsilane

4

25

18

15

[120]

PMES

4.4

50

10.5

114

[154]

PMPS

4.1

50

11.7

134

[154]

PPMS

5

40

6.2

1433

[46]

PSI (synthesized from ODMS, PMDA, and MDMS)

10

40

10.6

560

[156]

PSI (synthesized from ODMS, 6FDA, and MDMS)

10

40

3.6

2120

[156]

POMS

4.7

53

8.3

670

[157]

POMS

5

50

3.95

120

[158]

POMS

5

30

5.7

235

[159]

PVTES

9

45

3.8

14,059

[160]

PVTES-DMDES

9

35

5.6

6909.3

[161]

PVTES-HSO

9

35

6.6

8160.1

[161]

PVTES-PDMS

9

35

6.3

539.8

[161]

Structured siloxane-containing copolymer

30

16

7.4

70

[162]

Styrene-g-fluoroalkyl acrylate copolymer/PDMS

8

30

45.9

5

[163]

PFP

4.8

40

7

300

[165]

PEBA 2533

5

23

2.5

118

[166]

Polyphosphazene with substituted –OCH2CF3 group

10

40

6.1

260

[127]

Poly(acrylonitrile-co-methyl acrylate)

25

-

11.03

1.3

[167]

PIM-1

10

60

9.3

1400

[168]

PIM-1

5

65

3.1

700

[20]

Porous PTFE

2

60

2.25

10,592

[170]

PA

20

22

1.6

248

[175]

PVDF (hollow fiber)

5

50

5–7.8

3500–8800

[172]

Trioctylamine liquid membrane immobilized in porous PP hollow fiber

5

54

32

5.1

[173]

Trioctylamine liquid membrane immobilized in porous PP hollow fiber

10 added 2.5 wt. % n-butanol

54

113

17

[51]

SBS (dense)

3

41

5.5

146

[74]

  1. PMES polymethylethoxysiloxane, PMPS polymethylphenylsiloxane, PPMS polyphenylmethylsiloxane), PSI polysiloxaneimides, ODMS α,ω-(bisaminopropyl) dimethylsiloxane, PMDA 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic dianhydride, MDMS 1,3-bis(3-aminopropyl)tetramethyldisiloxane, 6FDA 5,5-[2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl) ethylidene] bis-1,3-isobenzenefurandione, POMS polyoctylmethyl siloxane, PVTES poly(vinyltriethoxysilane), DMDES dimethyldiethoxysilane, HSO hydroxy silicone oil, PFP perfluoropropane, PEBA poly(ether block amide), PIM polymers of intrinsic microporosity, PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene, PA polyamide, PVDF polyvinylidene fluoride, PP polypropylene, SBS styrene–butadiene block copolymer.