Chemicals: Pervaporation and vapour permeation processes meet specialist needs

Pervaporation and vapour permeation are two special membrane separation processes that can be combined with distillation systems for the dehydration of volatile organic solvents as well as the removal of such volatile organics from aqueous streams and the separation of various organic mixtures. Filtration+Separation reports on technology developed by German company beroplan GmbH – specialists in tailored membrane separation and hybrid processes for chemical and pharmaceutical applications, in particular.