Abstract

In this study, the pervaporation behaviour of azeotrope-forming methanol-carbontetrachloride binary mixture at different compositions was investigated at 30 and 45°C through LDPE membranes with two different melt flow indices for two different thicknesses. Experimental fluxes and selectivities for methanol and carbontetrachloride were determined. Theoretical calculations for fluxes based on a solution-diffusion model as developed by Yeom and Huang using Fujita's free volume approach and Flory-Huggins thermodynamics showed deviations from the experimental results. Experimental fluxes were decomposed into sorption and diffusion terms to discuss the effects of experimental conditions.

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