Abstract
AbstractA membrane was designed for the separation of a water–alcohol mixture by pervaporation on the basis of the difference in hydrogen‐bonding interaction between two components of the membrane. Two kinds of poly(vinyl alcohol)‐g‐maleic anhydride/methyl methacrylate membrane were prepared by different methods: (1) A homogeneous membrane was formed by casting from dimethyl sulfoxide solution after purification. (2) A porous membrane was obtained directly by casting from the reaction solution, and then was purified. It is found that water was permeated through a homogeneous membrane preferentially in all ranges of feed compositions. Moreover, the flux was found to decrease with increasing PVA content in the membrane. The porous membrane after heat treatment has selective permeability for methanol. Pervaporation of water was investigated with respect to the feed concentration and also to the operating conditions. The effect of the molecular size of the permeating species on both permeation and separation is also discussed.
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