초록
<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>To improve the selectivity of recovering bioethanol from fermentation broth, prevent membrane fouling by the components in fermentation, and enhance market competitiveness of bioethanol, the application of gas stripping assisted vapor permeation (GSVP) in bioethanol recovery and its potential in the integrated fermentation–separation processes were investigated in this work. As a result, a separation factor of 48, with the total flux of 866g/m<SUP>2</SUP> h, was obtained in separating model solution that contained 6wt.% of ethanol at 65°C. In the case of recovering bioethanol from the realistic fermentation broth, GSVP process showed long-time stability, no membrane fouling and no reduction of performance. Moreover, the evaporation energy requirement for GSVP process was at least 54% and 57% less than that of the conventional distillation and pervaporation processes.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> A little change is performed in the PV process for ethanol recovery. </LI> <LI> GSVP show superior separation performance of ethanol from model solution. </LI> <LI> Reduction of pervaporation performance in fermentation broth are avoided. </LI> <LI> GSVP is more energy-efficient than pervaporation and distillation. </LI> </UL> </P>