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Ultrasound-Enhanced Recovery of Butanol/ABE by Pervaporation

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The search for renewable sources of energy has led to renewed interests on the biochemical route for the production of butanol. Butanol production suffers from several drawbacks, mainly caused by butanol inhibition to the butanol-producing microorganism which makes it economically uncompetitive against the chemical process. One possible solution proposed is the in situ recovery of acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE). Among the in situ recovery options, membrane processes like pervaporation have a great potential. Thus, the effects of temperature, feed concentration, and ultrasound irradiation on permeate concentration and permeation flux for the recovery of butanol/ABE by pervaporation from aqueous solutions were investigated in this study. In the butanol–water system, permeate butanol concentration as well as flux increased with an increase in temperature and butanol feed concentration. When pervaporation studies with ABE–water mixture were carried out at 60 °C for 2, 4, 8, 16, and 24 h, pervaporation profile revealed an optimal permeate concentration as well as permeation flux. Applications of ultrasound irradiation on pervaporation improved permeate concentration by about 23 g/L for both butanol and ABE. Ultrasound irradiation also improved butanol and ABE mass permeation flux by about 13 and 11 %, respectively.

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This work was supported by the 2013 Hannam University Research Fund.

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    Russel Navarro Menchavez

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering and Nano-Bio Technology, Hannam University, Daejeon, 305-811, Republic of Korea

    Sung Ho Ha

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Menchavez, R.N., Ha, S.H. Ultrasound-Enhanced Recovery of Butanol/ABE by Pervaporation. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 171, 1159–1169 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-013-0196-0

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