Effect of Operating Variables on the Pervaporation of Ethanol Produced by Lignocellulosic Residue
Abstract(#br)The separation of organic components has become increasingly important as one of the applications of pervaporation membranes. This interest is due to their application in areas that include the recovery of ethanol from a fermentation broth as a lower-energy-cost alternative to classical separation processes such as distillation. The present work seeks to evaluate the separation of ethanol produced from banana waste (unused fruit and pulp) using pervaporation.