Selective Membranes for Purification and Separation of Organic Liquid Mixtures

Abstract

Purification and separation of organic liquid mixtures are strongly required in various fields such as the concentration and recovery of organic solvents in the chemical process industry, removal of volatile organic compounds from water, concentration of alcohol in biofermentation, analytical field, and so on. If a membrane-based separation process is technically and economically feasible, the key points of purification and separation of organic liquid mixtures are both the design of chemical structure and construction of physical structure of the membrane for high membrane performance.