Dehydration of 1,4-dioxane by pervaporation using filled and crosslinked polyvinyl alcohol membrane

Polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) membrane, was modified both physically and chemically by incorporation of inorganic filler, sodium aluminosilicate and chemical crosslinking with maleic acid and glutaraldehyde. The change of morphology and crystallinity of PVOH by this physical and chemical modification was...

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Published inJournal of membrane science Vol. 340; no. 1; pp. 35 - 44
Main Authors Singha, N.R., Parya, T.K., Ray, S.K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 15.09.2009
Subjects
Glutaraldehyde
Inorganic filler
Maleic acid
Pervaporation
Polyvinyl alcohol
Polyvinyl alcohol
Inorganic filler
Glutaraldehyde
Maleic acid
Pervaporation
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Summary:Polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) membrane, was modified both physically and chemically by incorporation of inorganic filler, sodium aluminosilicate and chemical crosslinking with maleic acid and glutaraldehyde. The change of morphology and crystallinity of PVOH by this physical and chemical modification was studied by FTIR, DSC, TGA, SEM and XRD. These membranes were evaluated in terms of its potential for dehydration of dioxane by preferential sorption and permeation using pervaporation (PV) technique. These membranes were cast in the laboratory by solution casting from the polymer and other additives. The performance of the unfilled (containing no filler) glutaraldehyde (GA) crosslinked PVOH-1 and maleic acid (MA) crosslinked PVOH-2 membranes were compared with filled (containing aluminosilicate filler) but GA crosslinked PVOH-3 and filled but MA crosslinked PVOH-4 membranes. The filled membranes were found to show higher flux and water selectivity. Among all the four used membranes, the MA crosslinked filled PVOH-4 membrane was found to show best results in terms of both water selectivity and flux.
ISSN:0376-7388
1873-3123
DOI:10.1016/j.memsci.2009.05.003