Abstract
The process of pervaporation in which two components diffuse through a nonporous polymer membrane was modelled when one of the penetrants can exert a plasticization action to the membrane material. Thereat a phenomenological model was employed for describing the plasticization effect on the diffusivities for penetrants in the membrane. The sorption equilibria and permeation fluxes for aqueous ethanol solutions in a chitosan membrane were measured, and the permeation fluxes for water were compared with those predicted by the proposed model. The concentration of sorbed water was linear with its weight fraction (x4) in the feed solution, whereas the permeation flux of water was. affected by the plasticization action of sorbed water to the polymer. This plasticization effect on the diffusion process can be simulated in terms of the proposed phenomenological model.
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Won, J.M., Bae, S.Y., Ha, B.H. et al. Plasticization of chitosan membrane for pervaporation of aqueous ethanol solution. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 13, 324–327 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02705957
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