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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Fan, Senqing
• Xiao, Zeyi
• Li, Minghai
• Li, Sizhong

Titel

Pervaporation membrane bioreactor with permeate fractional condensation and mechanical vapor compression for energy efficient ethanol production

Ist Teil von

• Applied energy, 2016-10, Vol.179, p.939-947

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Pervaporation membrane bioreactor with permeate partial condensation and mechanical vapor compression is developed for an energy efficient ethanol production. [Display omitted] •PVMBR-MVC for energy efficient ethanol production.•Process separation factor of 20–44 for ethanol achieved by fractional condensation.•Energy production of 20.25MJ and hourly energy production of 56.25kJ/h achieved.•Over 50% of energy saved in PVMBR-MVC compared with PVMBR-LTC.•Integrated heat pump with COP of 7–9 for the energy recovery of the permeate. Improved process separation factor and heat integration are two key issues to increase the energy efficiency of ethanol production in a pervaporation membrane bioreactor (PVMBR). A PVMBR with permeate fractional condensation and mechanical vapor compression was developed for energy efficient ethanol production. A condensation model based on the mass balance and thermodynamic equilibrium in the partial vacuum condenser was developed for predicting the purification performance of the permeate vapor. Three runs of ethanol fermentation-pervaporation experiment were carried out and ethanol concentration of higher than 50wt% could be achieved in the final condensate, with the separation factor of the process for ethanol increased to 20. Ethanol production could be enhanced in the bioreactor and 17.1MJ of the energy could be produced in per liter of fermentation broth, owing to 27.0MJ/kg heating value of the recovered ethanol. Compared with the traditional pervaporation process with low temperature condensation for ethanol production, 50% of the energy would be saved in the process. The energy consumption would be further reduced, if the available energy of the permeate vapor was utilized by integrating the mechanical vapor compression heat pump.