in the chemical industry, process intensification is needed to meet important goals such as sustainable and eco-friendly processes. for esterification reaction the “produce more with less pollution” objective can be achieved by coupling reaction and separation in a so called integrated process. in this work a model for describing the esterification reaction of ethyl acetate in pervaporation mem...

this paper focuses on the effects of the addition of an ionic liquid, 1-allyl-3-butylimidazilium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide ([abim]tfsi), which has a high affinity for benzene, into the poly(vinyl chloride) (pvc) membrane on the pervaporation characteristics of the removal of benzene from aqueous solutions of dilute benzene. when aqueous solutions of 100～500 ppm benzene were permeated ...

The sol gel process is one of the processes used in manufacture thin films on membranes because it can control pore size resulting silica matrix. In addition, another way to build membrane be done by adding catalysts and precursors used. this study, using a combination tetraethyl ortho silicate (TEOS) triethoxy vinyl silane (TEVS) citric acid as catalyst produce matrix with mesoporous so that s...

Various approaches to solvent recovery have been studied for the manufacturing process of celecoxib, the active ingredient in Celebrex. A design case study has been performed by Rowan University with Pfizer through a green engineering partnership program. The manufacturing operation at Barceloneta, Puerto Rico was evaluated and several green engineering alternatives for the purification and rec...