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Pervaporation through a nonporous membrane can be described by the widely accepted solution-diffusion mechanism (Binning and James 1958a, 1958b; Binning et al. 1961). The underlying assumptions of pervaporative transport are:

  1. 1

    Sorption of the liquid mixture on the feed (upstream) side of the membrane

  2. 2

    Diffusion through the membrane

  3. 3

    Desorption on the permeate (downstream) side of the membrane in the vapor phase.

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    Hubert L. Fleming

  2. Manhattan College, USA

    C. Stewart Slater

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    W. S. Winston Ho Ph.D. (Senior Engineering Associate) (Senior Engineering Associate)

  2. Center for Membranes and Separation Technologies, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, 07030, USA

    Kamalesh K. Sirkar Ph.D. (Professor) (Professor)

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Fleming, H.L., Slater, C.S. (1992). Theory. In: Ho, W.S.W., Sirkar, K.K. (eds) Membrane Handbook. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3548-5_8

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