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John L. Falconer
Pervaporation of Water/Organics

We have used zeolite membranes to separate organic/water mixtures, where the organic preferentially permeates due to preferential adsorption, and for organic/organic separations. These zeolite membranes separate acid/water mixtures and azeotropic mixtures.

Sample Publications

Bowen, T.C., R.D. Noble, and J.L. Falconer, “Fundamentals and Applications

      of  Pervaporation through Zeolite Membranes”, J. Membrane Science 245,

      1-33 (2004)

Bowen, T.C., S. Li, J.L. Falconer, and R.D. Noble, “Driving Force for

      Pervaporation through Zeolite Membranes”, J. Membrane Science 225,

      165-176 (2003).

Bowen, T. C., H. Kalipcilar, J.L. Falconer, and R.D. Noble, "Pervaporation of

      organic/water mixtures through B-ZSM-5 zeolite membranes on monolith

      supports", J. Membrane Science 215, 235-247 (2003)

Li, S., V. A. Tuan, J. L. Falconer, and R. D. Noble, "Separation of 1,3-Propanediol from Glycerol and Glucose using a X-Type Zeolite Membrane", Ind. Eng. Chem. Research 40, 1952-1959 (2001).

Li, S., V.A. Tuan, J. L. Falconer, and R. D. Noble, "Effects of Zeolite Membrane Structure on the Separation of 1,3-Propanediol from Glycerol and Glucose by Pervaporation", Chemistry of Materials 13, 1865-1873 (2001).

Li, S., V.A. Tuan, J. L. Falconer, and R. D. Noble, "Separation of 1,3-Propanediol from Solutions by Pervaporation using a ZSM-5 Zeolite Membrane", J. Membrane Science 191, 53-59 (2001).

Li, S., V. A. Tuan, R. D. Noble, and J.L. Falconer, "Pervaporation of Water/THF Mixtures using Zeolite Membranes" , Ind. Eng. Chem. Research 40, 4577-4585 (2001)

Li, S., V.A. Tuan, R.D. Noble, and J. L. Falconer, "A Ge-Substituted ZSM-5 Zeolite Membrane for Separation of Acetic Acid from Water", Ind. Eng. Chem. Research 40, 6165-6171 (2001).

Tuan, V. A., S. Li, J. L. Falconer, and R. D. Noble, "Separating Organics from Water by Pervaporation with Isomorphously-Substituted MFI Zeolite Membranes", J. Membrane Science 196, 111-123 (2002).

L, S., V. A. Tuan, J. L. Falconer, and R. D. Noble, "ZSM-11 Membranes: Characterization and Pervaporation Performance for Alcohol/Water Mixtures" AIChE Journal 48, 269-278 (2002).