DOI

Membrane properties are determined by their morphology, which may be symmetric (dense) or asymmetric (dense/porous). Two membrane types based on the poly[(4,4′-oxydiphenylene)pyromelliteimide] (symmetric dense and asymmetric dense/porous) were prepared for a comparative study of morphology, physical properties, and transport characteristics in the pervaporation of methanol/MTBEmixture over a wide range of concentrations including the azeotropic composition. The asymmetric membrane is a good example of improving the transport properties of the polyimide by creating structure composed of a thin dense top layer on the surface of sponge-like microporous substrate. It was found that the use of the asymmetric membrane allows increasing the total flux in separation of azeotropic mixture by 15 times as compared with the dense membrane.

Original languageEnglish
Article number436
Number of pages11
JournalSymmetry
Volume12
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2020

    Research areas

  • Asymmetric membrane, Methanol, MTBE, Pervaporation, Polyimide, TERT-BUTYL ETHER, ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES, asymmetric membrane, MIXTURES, polyimide, methanol, SEPARATION, pervaporation

    Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science (miscellaneous)
  • Chemistry (miscellaneous)
  • Mathematics(all)
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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