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Ethanol dehydration (pervaporation)

PervaporationMembraneAzeotropeEthanol dehydration
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A hydrophilic pervaporation membrane pulls water out of near-azeotropic ethanol — crossing the 89 mol% ethanol-water azeotrope that ordinary distillation cannot. Permeate is ~95% water; the retentate is dried past the azeotrope.

The flowsheet

The solved topology — every unit op's real duty, conversion, or split, read straight off a genuine converged solve.

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PV
Ethanol
Water

The stream table

Every stream's flow, temperature, pressure, and composition — real converged numbers, not placeholders.

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