TY - JOUR

T1 - Application of polymer membranes for a purification of fuel oxygenated additive. Methanol/methyl tert-butyl ether (mtbe) separation via pervaporation: A comprehensive review

AU - Pulyalina, Alexandra

AU - Rostovtseva, Valeriia

AU - Faykov, Ilya

AU - Toikka, Alexander

N1 - Funding Information: Funding: This work was funded by the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) [grants 16-13-10164 and 18-79-10116]. Funding Information: Acknowledgments: V.R., A.P. and A.T. acknowledge RSF [grant 16-13-10164] for the support in the study and analysis of polyheteroarylenes application for pervaporation separation of MTBE–methanol mixtures. A.P., V.R., I.F. would like to thank the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) [grant 18-79-10116] for financial support for studies of the mixed matrix membranes. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2020/10

Y1 - 2020/10

N2 - Methyl Tert-butyl Ether (MTBE) remains the most popular fuel additive to improve fuel performance and reduce the emission of hazardous components. The most common method of MTBE production is a catalytic synthesis with a great excess of methanol to improve the reaction yield. The problems of obtaining pure MTBE from the final product have determined the search for new techniques; primarily membrane methods. Pervaporation as an optimal membrane process for highly selective separation of organic mixtures is of particular interest. This review is focused on analysis of the research works on the various polymer membranes and their efficiency for the separation of the azeotropic methanol/MTBE mixture. Currently the most popular materials with optimal transport properties are poly(vinyl alcohol), cellulose acetate and polyheteroarylenes. Mixed matrix membranes (MMM) are highly effective as well as they show overall operational stability.

AB - Methyl Tert-butyl Ether (MTBE) remains the most popular fuel additive to improve fuel performance and reduce the emission of hazardous components. The most common method of MTBE production is a catalytic synthesis with a great excess of methanol to improve the reaction yield. The problems of obtaining pure MTBE from the final product have determined the search for new techniques; primarily membrane methods. Pervaporation as an optimal membrane process for highly selective separation of organic mixtures is of particular interest. This review is focused on analysis of the research works on the various polymer membranes and their efficiency for the separation of the azeotropic methanol/MTBE mixture. Currently the most popular materials with optimal transport properties are poly(vinyl alcohol), cellulose acetate and polyheteroarylenes. Mixed matrix membranes (MMM) are highly effective as well as they show overall operational stability.

KW - Azeotropic mixture

KW - Fuel additive

KW - Mixed matrix membranes

KW - MTBE

KW - Pervaporation

KW - Polymer membrane

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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/951afcaa-7414-3fc6-930f-d85eca84e553/

U2 - 10.3390/polym12102218

DO - 10.3390/polym12102218

M3 - Review article

AN - SCOPUS:85092788595

VL - 12

SP - 1

EP - 22

JO - Polymers

JF - Polymers

SN - 2073-4360

IS - 10

M1 - 2218

ER -