The main purpose of research in membrane gas separation is to develop membranes with
high permeability and selectivity. Historically, the gas separation performance of polymeric …

Biofuels from biomass are becoming increasingly more important, due to the need for
reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy independence, and limited global …

As an alternative energy source to fossil fuels, biobutanol has received increasing attention.
In this work, new mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) incorporating zeolitic imidazolate …

Because of the emerging scarcity of oil resources and the demand for environmental
protection, as a typical biofuel, biobutanol produced by biomass fermentation is critical for …

Butanol is considered as an advanced biofuel, the development of which is restricted by the
intensive energy consumption of product recovery. A novel two‐stage gas stripping …

Ethanol separation via the pervaporation process has shown growing application potential
in solvent recovery and the bioethanol industry. In the continuous pervaporation process …

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membrane has attracted increasing attention due to its
potential application in separating organic–organic liquid mixtures and removing volatile …

Pervaporation is recognized as an efficient technology for solvent recovery and biorefinery
from aqueous solutions. However, due to the low permeability and slow mass transfer of …

The hydrophobicity of porous particles is important for the performance of mixed-matrix
membranes for pervaporation separation of n-butanol aqueous solution. Here, a strategy …

Butanol has potential to become an important renewable transportation fuel and feedstock
chemical in the future. However, low yield and high separation costs are the main obstacles …